Why President Ruto is dropping Uhuru Policies and projects, analysts
President William Ruto has been drifting away from Uhuru Policies and projects since he took over the presidency
President William Ruto has been drifting away from Uhuru Policies and projects since he took over the presidency.
Since he took over office, President William Ruto’s administration has moved to abandon policies and projects initiated by his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta.
After the swearing ceremony, Ruto moved to end subsidies on fuel that were being implemented by Uhuru to cushion Kenyans from the high cost of living.
The repatriation of port operations to Mombasa and the transfer of management of the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) from the Ministry of Defense to the Ministry of Agriculture are two more measures that Ruto has overturned.
Under the Kenya Kwanza administration, the Kazi Mtaani program that provided job possibilities to young people in the nation also came to an end.
President William Ruto established a task force to examine the new curriculum (CBC) and made recommendations that are currently being implemented.
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According to political analysts, Ruto is drifting away from Uhuru’s legacy policies of his leadership style, geopolitics, and balancing interests in terms of projects.
Policy and Governance expert, Vincent Kimosop explains that Uhuru went for big infrastructural projects including the SGR and the Expressway which forced the country to go for external debts.
This, he says, is contrary to Ruto’s kind of leadership.
“Uhuru’s projects are visible investments that narrowed down to the Big 4 during his second and last term in office,” Kimosop said.
“If you look at William Ruto’s vision, you will realize that he is focusing on empowerment, he wants the growth to be a shared responsibility,” Kimosop added.
According to Kimosop, Ruto’s plans put a break to over-borrowing to fund big infrastructural projects.
Javas Bigambo, Governance specialist and communication political strategist thinks that Uhuru and Ruto differ in terms of leadership philosophy.
He explains that in a comparative review of the development projects approach by the two regimes, one gets a sense that President Ruto is unveiling development projects by giving reasons for them contrary to what his predecessor did.
“For example the issue of stopping subsidies, Ruto explained why he ended them and this was because they were not sustainable,” Bigambo said.
He adds that Ruto is trying to rationalize various development projects with respect to overall economic impact.
“When you look at the Mau Summit Highway, what is the net effect as compared to the dueling of Mombasa to Malava road?’’ Bigambo asked.
Dr. Brian Mutie also shares the same views.
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