Kenyans have received assurances from President William Ruto that he may not always agree with the decisions he must make in his role as the country's head of state. The president claimed that if he had followed the route of popularity and appeasing Kenyans, Kenya may be up for sale today.
The president has discussed some of the challenging decisions he has made while in office, such as doing away with subsidies for consumption and fuel. The people were more interested in band-aid solutions, despite the president's unwavering declaration that he had warned them that this kind of behavior was unsustainable.
The president has categorically said that his bold choices have resulted in a fall in the price of unga and other food items. President Ruto knows that if he had listened to Azimio's proposal to keep giving subsidies in order to keep people happy, the price of those commodities, including Unga, would be Ksh 500 today.
Ruto continues by alleging that other Kenyans put pressure on him to cease paying Eurobonds, arguing Kenya was under no obligation to do so. The president is adamant that people who supported not paying Eurobond, such as Babu Owino, lack economic competence. The president has stated unequivocally that investors' confidence in Kenya's priorities and the stability of the Kenyan shilling compared to the US dollar stem from the payment of Eurobond.
President Ruto has assured the populace that the administration's policies uphold human dignity while promoting prosperity in the economy. As usual, with the difficult political and economic conditions that Kenyans are currently facing, we'll have to wait and watch what transpires in the future.