President William Ruto has declared that he is a man on a mission, vowing not to back down until he ensures that leaders across the country rally behind him.
Ruto said this a day after former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua slammed him for joining forces with KANU party leader Gideon Moi, accusing him of double standards.
Speaking during a church service in Nairobi on Sunday, October 12, the Head of State said that he will continue having face-to-face engagements with leaders across the country to explain to them in detail his economic transformation strategy.
According to Ruto, he has engaged with leaders from the Central, Western, and Rift Valley Regions, including former President Uhuru Kenyatta, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, and Gideon Moi, to ensure that his vision for unity comes true. Ruto claims he has also engaged with 80 per cent of Members of Parliament.
"I have already engaged in discussion with many leaders, including 80 per cent of Parliament, to explain to them how we are going to move this country from a third-world country to a first-world country," Ruto stated.
"I will continue engaging with more leaders in this country, because I believe when we unite, the favour of God will be upon us," he added.
According to Ruto, this strategy will ensure that transformational projects, including affordable housing and new healthcare and education systems, are executed in a way that propels Kenya from a third-world country to a first-world country.
Ruto further slammed individuals who are doubting his economic transformation agenda, asserting that he will prove them wrong.
"For many years, we have been stuck in poverty and joblessness, and it is enough; it is time to elevate the country to the next level, and we have what it takes to do so. So I would like every Kenyan to work together with me, and I'm sure that unmerited favour is going to be in this country," Ruto said.
Speaking in Kabarak in Nakuru County on Friday, October 9, President Ruto announced that Moi's KANU party agreed to work with President Ruto's Kenya Kwanza alliance under the broad-based administration.
However, in response, the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader claimed that the president's association with KANU was aimed at isolating the Mount Kenya Region from the rest of the regions.
Gachagua, who was speaking at a public rally in Embu on Saturday, October 11, said that while Ruto and Gideon Moi's comments on the Kalenjin ethnic community were labelled as unity, his similar comments to unite the Mount Kenya Region were always branded as tribalism.
"You saw yesterday, Ruto met Gideon Moi, who is from his native Kalenjin community, and he told the Kalenjins to unite. But when I try to mobilise you people to unite, I am labelled a tribalist," Gachagua stated.
"If Kalenjins meet, it is called unity. When Mt Kenya people come together, it is labelled tribalism. He thinks we are fools," he added.
