Ruto to Museveni: Fulfill Your Debt to Us Before You Retire

William Ruto and Yoweri Museveni conversing
Deputy President William Ruto (left) and Uganda President Yoweri Museveni (right) in Uganda
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Deputy President William Ruto stated that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni had a debt to pay to Kenyans and East African region before he ultimately retires.

Speaking on Tuesday, July 6, the DP affirmed that Museveni had to ensure the realization of the East Africa Federation in the next two or three years.

He spoke during the official laying of the foundation stone for a vaccine manufacturing facility in Matuga, Uganda.

William Ruto and Yoweri Museveni
William Ruto and Yoweri Museveni
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“You owe us. Before you retire and if possible in the next two or three years, you owe us the coming into fruition of the EA federation.

"We are here as leaders and citizens of East Africa to support you and other leaders in the region to eliminate barriers that impede trade, investment, labour, and people working together,” Ruto stated.

The DP was the official guest during the event whereby both politicians revealed their commitment to enhancing locally manufactured vaccines within Africa.

"We are keen to building partnerships with other African countries to move the continent away from only packaging and labelling of drugs to the restructuring of its market to focus more on upstream production.

"This new commitment to buying locally manufactured vaccine doses at large-scale will ease African countries’ import bill, enhance their export earnings and sustainably boost the ordinary people’s health status," Ruto stated.

Museveni also affirmed that locally manufactured vaccines would be a great step for the African content to be put on the map in terms of innovation.

Both Ruto and Museveni have enjoyed a cordial relationship in the past. This has seen the DP join the Ugandan leader during his campaigns in 2015.

Further, Museveni gifted Ruto Ksh10 million during his birthday in 2019 to go towards the construction of the William Ruto Leadership Institute at Makerere University.

Deputy President William Ruto speaking in Uganda on Tuesday, July 6.
Deputy President William Ruto speaking in Uganda on Tuesday, July 6.
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