President Ruto stated that the issues bedeviling the nation including high cost of living, depreciating shilling, and debt burden have hindered the nation’s growth but he believes his government will turn around the crisis. “The nation has been stuck for so long because Kenyans are just thinking about re-election. I am not planning my re-election but how we will transform the nation,” he said. In his development tours across the country,the president and his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua weighed into the 2027 polls with statements that affirmed he will beat his opponents. President Ruto has said ongoing efforts by his administration to rebuild the country’s economy are progressing well despite the increase of taxes and levies that have ostensibly made him unpopular.

Source: Daily Nation November 19, 2023 14:35 UTC