President William Ruto has responded to his critics saying he has started his 2027 campaigns early, as he traverse in the Western region for development tour.
Speaking in Busia on Thursday, January 23, where he launched and inspected projects, Ruto told off his critics, saying he is not yet in the campaign trail, but on planning the agenda , while working on them.
“I here people saying that we have started politics, Siasa bado, sasa mnasema hii, na siku tukianza siasa yenyewe si mtakimbia? Tulizeni bali, mambo bado, siasa bado, hii ni mambo ya maendeleo,” Ruto said.
On Wednesday, Ruto had told his opponents and critics that he will defeat them in 2027, a statement that sparked reactions among his opponents. Ruto said he is not worried about popularity, as his development records will speak for him 2027 for re-election.
Wiper Party leader on Wednesday at the party’s headquarters said that Ruto is strategizing on his re-election in 2027, through the Broad-Based government, and not reuniting Kenyans. Kalonzo further said Ruto should quit calling for unity as Kenyans are united, to remove him in 2027.
“we want to tell Ruto, there is no need of talking about unifying the country about the Broad-Based Government. It is now official that what William Ruto is trying to do, is formulate his reelection campaign strategy. We want to tell him the country is more united than before, with no other goal but to defeat William Ruto,” Kalonzo stated.
Kalonzo further had questioned about the source of bonus, sugarcane farmers will receive, which had earlier on raised by Mumias East MP Peter Salasya, who said there was no budget allocation for bonuses. This further triggering questions from Kenyans, also demanded information to be made public.
Responding to Kalonzo, President William Ruto said the bonus like tea nd coffee farmers receive, is where the bonus for sugarcane farmers will be sourced. The president made the historic launch of KSh 150,000M to farmers on Monday at Mumias Sugar Company.
“Coffee farmers are paid bonuses, tea farmers are paid bonus, when the sugarcane farmers start receiving bonus, they start asking questions. They are asking where the president got money. Where the money for coffee and tea bonuses come from, is where the money comes from,” Ruto boldly said.
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