“Am the president not you,” Ruto chides Raila over mass protest
Ruto chides Azimio leader Raila Odinga over his comments he does not recognize him as the President of Kenya
Ruto chides Azimio leader Raila Odinga over his comments he does not recognize him as the President of Kenya.
President William Ruto has rubbished comments by opposition leader Raila Odinga that he does not recognize his government, saying he is Kenya’s only President and is focused on developing the country.
The August 2022 elections, according to President Ruto and his running mate Rigathi Gachagua, were already done, and the Supreme Court’s judgment in their favor was final.
He advised Kenyans to move on, including Mr. Odinga and the Azimio la Umoja Coalition.
The Head of State declared that at a time when practically every aspect of the nation needed improvement, he would not participate in any politics. Regardless of which party Kenyans choose to support in the recent elections, he said that he was too busy working to improve their well-being.
“Let me inform those who still want to take us back to politics that the time for politicking is over. They should allow me to plan this job because they were defeated and could not do it (win the elections),” he said.
Ruto wondered why opposition chiefs were asking suffering Kenyans to attend their rallies and demonstrations.
“Your children are in parliaments in Arusha yet you want the children of the poor Kenyans to come for riots in Kamukunji and Jacaranda grounds? We will follow the path of development and not that of exchanging words,” he said.
President Ruto said that he will work for all Kenyans including those who did not vote for him.
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“I will make sure every citizen is part of the journey of development in Kenya regardless of which side they voted for. There is no other President of Kenya, I am the only one,” Ruto said.
On his part, DP Gachagua said Ruto was overworking and many leaders were struggling to keep up with his fast pace.
“Those people who say they do not recognize William Ruto as President are dreaming and when they are done dreaming, they will still find that Kenya’s President is William Sameoei Ruto,” he said.
He criticized some members of the Nairobi County Assembly who took part in the Azimio rallies at Kamukunji grounds yet still requested to be secretly introduced to the President.
“We must first interrogate people who go do their other things then still want to come here asking to be taken to the President. Leave those ones to me, I will weigh them on the weighing scale and confirm if they are good people before taking them to the President,” he said.
The two leaders spoke on Friday during the ground-breaking ceremony of the affordable housing project in Shauri Moyo, Nairobi.
The project seeks to construct 3,428 housing units in the area.
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