Deputy President William Ruto says the handshake between President Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga is to blame for the high cost of living.
Ruto, who is seeking to succeed President Kenyatta this year, claims that the handshake derailed the Jubilee administration’s plan on food security under the Big Four Agenda, leading to high cost of living.
“Before the handshake, a packet of maize flour was retailing at Sh80 but now it’s at more than Sh200 because after the political deal, they suspended fertilizer and other farm input subsidies, which has resulted in high prices of food,” Ruto asserted.
Addressing a campaign rally at Tononoka grounds in Mombasa, the deputy president urged residents to vote for candidates allied to his Kenya Kwanza Alliance to ensure the outfit has more seats in the National Assembly, Senate and county assemblies to revolutionize the economy.
He pledged that if elected president on August 9th, his government will invest in agriculture to ensure there is food security.
At the same time, Ruto accused the Azimio La Umoja team of transferring the operations of Mombasa port to Nairobi and Naivasha.
“Those who are making Mombasa people become more poor are Mombasa businesspeople who are working in the sector. When I am elected as president in August 9, I will issue executive order to return port operations in Mombasa so as to benefit residents, not individuals,” he added.
Ruto was accompanied by National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi, Musalia Mudavadi, Senator Moses Wetang’ula, Kwale Governor Salim Mvurya, Kilifi’s Amason Kingi and MPs Aisha Jumwa (Malindi), and MP Mohammed Ali (Nyali).
So isn’t a subsidy merely a…
So isn’t a subsidy merely a hidden cost? Someone else is paying, in this case the taxpayer. I curious how importing maize unfit for human consumption will alleviate the cost of maize. This fool will go back to the days of roadside proclamations that led Kenya to economic ruin and devastation.
@Mundumugo, Raila is the…
@Mundumugo, Raila is the king of corruption in Kenya! Ref: Standardmedia, Mar 1,2011; Raila and maize scandal. Mkate nusu: mother Karua told him to petition the court in 2007 if he believed his election was stolen. He refused and publicly cried like a baby- obvously signaling to his followers to do something! They tore up the railway, threw stones everywhere and chased Kikuyus from thier homes killing thousands and burned other Kikuyus in a house of God. Children who couldn’t vote died because of the vote! Raila is merchant of violene Ref: The Herald Apr 27,2021. Asked in a BBC News Interview why he couldn’t ask his people to stop violence because Kikuyus were deying, Raila answered that its like telling his poeple to stay still in a rape. Thousands of innocent Gikuyu people died in Raila’s climb to PM. Raila is our dirty past and we refuse to go back there.
@funnyname – why don’t you…
@funnyname – why don’t you get on top of the roof and shout your nonsense? Even your very old granny who is same age with 2 days old mother knows you are telling lies like your corrupt cousin WSR. Wacha upuzi wewe Shetani.
He is living at DP official…
He is living at DP official residence in Karen, enjoying all the benefits& amenities, the whole package including drawing up a DP salary. Now he is attacking the same government he is a part of. The least he could do is donate his salary to those who can not afford to buy maize flour. Come August 9th hata yeye utaenda nyumbani kama wale wengine.
Stop deceiving people Mr…
Stop deceiving people Mr Rooter, The cost of living has shot up worldwide.Piga siasa safi
Is Ruto intelligent enough…
Is Ruto intelligent enough to know inflation is a world wide phenomena? The man is a bonafide liar and everything that comes out his filthy mouth is just a bunch of lies.
Fake Tommy might be a…
Fake Tommy might be a foreigner if he doesn’t know the reasons of Kenya’s high cost of living.It started skyrocketing in 2010 when hungry billionaires chose to multiply recurring expenditure including CORRUPTION by 48 times through the poop katiba(photo-copy of US one.Yaani 48 poop governments,49 useless parliaments,700+money minting ministries,48 corrupt CEOs led by president etc in a country whose only resources are CORRUPTION & LOANS TO LOOT AFTER PAYING SALARIES.TOTAL RUBBISH.
Got it you fool. That is the…
Got it you fool. That is the time you were snatching women purses by Naivasha/Nakuru Highway as you trapped cars with stones and killed motorists. Stop your crazy madness lootal of Ruto.
Huyu Ndugu yetu anavunja…
Huyu Ndugu yetu anavunja amri za imani ya dini anayosema ni mfuasi wake. Kwenye amri kumi zilizotolewa na mungu wa imani hii, mojawapo inasema, “Usiseme Uongo.” Si amesema uongo kwenye matamshi yake sasa?
He just quoted a fake Bible…
He just quoted a fake Bible verse to win the ignorant Idiots. Huyu Mwizi can’t lead anyone. How does a known thief find a face to lie like n a broad day light?? Kwenda huko wewe Ruto with your other thief Rigathi.
Inflation and the high cost…
Inflation and the high cost of leaving is global. Wacha uongo Ruto!
Stop your nonsense ruto. You…
Stop your nonsense ruto. You are the cause of everything bad in kenya because you stole everything including money from Treasury. Even your own mother knows you are a thief.
How did this fool get a PhD while he reasons like a donkey fuck? Kubafu huyu mjinga ruto.
Lootal, lootal. Lootal…
Lootal, lootal. Lootal please shut your damn bick. You talk like a foolish man.
I’m sick of Ruto and his…
I’m sick of Ruto and his dishonesty. Can’t wait for August 9 to shut him up.
Media always misquoting Ruto…
Media always misquoting Ruto and endorsing Raila even though Raila has said the same thing as Ruto, media always finds a way to make Ruto look bad. Most of the time you need to listen to him to understand what he is saying like what they did to Trump.
@cheruyot – Ruto steps on…
@cheruyot – Ruto steps on his dirty dick all the time lying. Ruto contradicts himself. Nobody is misquoting Ruto. Ruto is his own worst enemy just like his choice of DP Rigathi. They vomit and turn around and eat their vomit all the time. Both deserve to be in prison for corruption, stealing, graft and murders.
Y’all stopping yapping…
Y’all stopping yapping around, Even the madman knows the cost of living went up through Cartel handshake deal btw UhuRao….Gas cylinder, the small size used to cost kshs600, later went up in 1 month after handshake to now kshs1200.00, even before Covid-19, Who benefitted from the deal??? Raila!!!… the owner of gas cylinder distribution …Who are yall fooling??????
Stop fooling yourself with…
Stop fooling yourself with supporting a thief and a murderer WSR. He will murder your own mother next fool.
This Ruto has zero grasp of…
This Ruto has zero grasp of Economics. Prices increase due to demand/supply and not handshake. How did handshake increase prices of petrol?
Ruto is the most stupid…
Ruto is the most stupid idiot ever to run for Kenya’s presidency. He is a useless dummy trying to fool other dummies who can’t think and see the lies in WSR. He is just a greasy conman, a bogus crook. A thief.
Is he forgetting he is part…
Is he forgetting he is part of this government, including its follies? Otherwise he should resign if he’s not a part of it.
Ruto reasons as if he never…
Ruto reasons as if he never went to school yet he claims to be having higher academic papers. Ruto criticizes his own government. Common sense, a drowning person doesn’t look for reasons that makes him/her drawn but first of all looks for means to be rescued. Anything else later. The same Ruto told rift valley farmers to stop growing maize and instead, grow avocado. The same Ruto grew maize in UG and DRC and imported to NCPB. His tribes people who were the chief suppliers to NCPB got discouraged to produce maize. Quick fwd: The current maize shortage was heavily caused by Ruto. Then Ruto quickly blames handshake that has no bearing completely to maize production. This is open lie and cheap politics which wont get Ruto anywhere.
Ningependa kujua: Kwa nini …
Ningependa kujua: Kwa nini Ndugu Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto anafikiria ya kwamba nchi ya Kenya ni nchi ya wajinga wengi? Hebu tazama: Zaidi ya miaka minne iliyopita, Samoei ametumia pesa za umma kutangatanga, mangangamanganga, kuzurazurura, na kupayukapayuka karibu kila sehemu ya nchi huku akigombea uchaguzi wa urais 2022.
Hebu tazama jinsi ametumia mali ya umma kwa ulinzi na biashara zake binafsi.
https://youtu.be/OsiRoC4yQpg
I live outside of Kenya…
I live outside of Kenya where the cost of common household commodities is up 15-35%, as is the case in most countries worldwide!!
If Uhuru-Raila handshake has caused this level of inflation, I want them in government so they can bring it down with another handshake; maybe this time using their left hands for the opposite effect!!