Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura on Thursday defended President William Ruto’s recent trend of relaunching some of the stalled projects across the country.
Mwaura while addressing journalists in Nairobi, termed Ruto’s openness to relaunch some of the projects previously started by his predecessor as a noble act of accountability.
According to Mwaura, President Ruto has been moving across the country relaunching stalled projects to ensure they are completed in line with the government's overall development blueprint.
“If a project is stalled and it is relaunched, there is nothing as noble as that. It is the greatest extent of accountability,” the government spokesperson claimed.
“When you see his excellency the President making sure that which had been started is moving on, it clearly means there is every intention that project is completed and serves its intention," Mwaura added.
While insisting on the matter, Mwaura revealed that the projects currently being relaunched stalled as a result of inadequate funds resulting from huge loans Kenya is currently grappling with.
Mwaura further attributed President Ruto's relaunching habit as one of the ways of keeping the promises he made to Kenyans during his campaigns.
"When you re-engineer it again and have it relaunched then that is very noble and even if he had launched them while he was then Deputy President then he is just keeping the promise," Isaac Mwaura reiterated.
Mwaura's sentiments come hardly five days after State House Spokesperson Hussein Mohamed hit out at Lawyer Morara Kebaso for what he described as "misleading" the public about the projects.
Hussein clarified that the recent ceremony where President Ruto relaunched one of the roads was a formal event marking the commencement of the newly awarded contract.
"A project launch is often just a ceremonial event, and it sometimes occurs after works have already begun, hence the phrase ‘OFFICIAL LAUNCH’. Don’t overly concern yourself with plaques," Hussein Mohamed noted.
Meanwhile, in his address to the press, Isaac Mwaura also addressed the controversy surrounding the new university education funding model which he said the government was still reviewing.
