Ruto: I'll work for all Kenyans

 

President William Ruto has stressed again that he will work for all Kenyans and that he will not discriminate against anyone based on political affiliations.

Speaking when he delivered a state address during the country's commemoration of the Mashujaa Day in Kericho, the president said he will serve every Kenyan.

"No Kenyan will be discriminated against on the basis of tribe, religion or politics," the President said.

Ruto had recently, while touring Luo Nyanza region, also stressed that no region will be denied development on the basis of how it voted in the last elections.

This is after a political storm was triggered by remarks by his deputy Rigathi Gachagua that the government prioritises those who voted for it.

"We are all brothers and sisters of one nation with one destiny as a people of Kenya," Ruto noted on Friday as he rallied Kenyans to work and live together peacefully.

"I want to assure you that our biggest responsibility is that besides unifying the country, we change our country through development," he said.

"We shall all unite and work together and contribute individually to take the country forward."

The president said he will not implement policies that will hurt Kenyans from achieving their dreams amid claims that heavy taxation is ruining hustlers.

"Our programme is to improve the welfare of all Kenyans and their businesses, 'he said. 

"We shall support you for the better in your small businesses and in whatever you do to develop the country.''

Azimio leader Raila Odinga has previously asked President Ruto to denounce his deputy over remarks that the government is like a shareholding company.

Failure to which, Raila has said, he will lead calls for self-determination against the Kenya Kwanza government at the United Nations.

But Gachagua has maintained his stance that those who overwhelmingly voted for the Kenya Kwanza regime should benefit immensely from the government.

Gachagua has said he is unapologetic over his remarks adding that those who believed in Ruto have every right to benefit immensely from his government.

“I have no apologies; I am unapologetic to demand and to insist that those who believed in William Ruto and supported him as a man have every right to benefit immensely from his government. I have no apology, at all, and if that can bring a problem so be it,” Gachagua said last week.    BY THE STAR