President William Ruto has moved to defend himself following criticism from Kenyans on Twitter for launching a road in Nyandarua County twice.
State House Spokesperson, Hussein Mohammed said the 55-Kilometre Captain-Ndemi/Wanjohi-Kwa Matu-Geta-Kahuruko-Ndunyu Njeru Road was denied funding by the previous administration to frustrate his bid for the presidency.
In a statement, many projects Ruto launched when he was Deputy President were deliberately denied funding even though they were in the government's programme.
“During last year's election campaigns, President Ruto promised to complete all stalled projects, including roads,” he stated.
“Today, it's evident that the architects of these schemes that they thought would frustrate President Ruto, ultimately hurt the people, the economy and Kenya.”
He said the President will clean up the mess and complete all stalled projects before embarking on new ones.
A tweet indicating that Ruto had launched the road generated lots of buzz after it emerged that he had commissioned it five years ago.
"Earlier launched the tarmacking of the 55km captain- Ndemi-Wanjohi-Kwa Matu-Geta-Kahuruko-Ndunyu Njeru and addressed wananchi at the Ndunyu Njeru trading centre at Ol Kalou town," Ruto's Thursday, April 6, 2023 tweet read.
Kenyans were quick to react and shared his tweet of 2018 indicating he had already launched the road.
