This archive report was first published on 10 September 2021.
September 10, 2021 - Deputy President William Ruto has launched a scathing attack on the Opposition, accusing them of failing Kenyans.
Speaking at his Karen Residence in Nairobi, Ruto said the Opposition had squandered the opportunity to showcase their capacity as leaders in both the previous governments they served and the current one they joined after the Handshake.
He claimed that the Opposition had no development track-records to boast of despite serving in Government for several years.
“Kenyans are going to judge all of us on the basis of our track records, our commitment and what we can do given an opportunity,” Ruto said.
The Deputy President was speaking during a meeting with religious and grassroots leaders from Nguu/Masumba Ward in Makueni County ahead of the October 14 by-election.
Present were MPs Nimrod Mbai, Victor Munyaka, Vincent Musau, Kimani Ichung’wah, former Machakos Senator Johnstone Muthama, former Kilome MP Regina Ndambuki and former Cabinet Minister Gideon Ndambuki.
Ruto asked his critics not to be consumed by the simplicity of the wheelbarrow, saying it represented a comprehensive economic model dubbed bottom-up.
He said the wheelbarrow was a party symbol just like other political parties that have oranges, for example, as their party symbol.
Ichung’wah said opposition leaders were intentionally fighting the bottom-up economic model for the same reason they sabotaged the Big Four development agenda.
The Kikuyu legislator said opposition leaders derailed the Big Four agenda anchored on the bottom-up economic model because they are believers of the trickle-down economic model.
