Nakuru County Senator Tabitha Karanja has asked the Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party to give President William Ruto time to deliver.
On Wednesday, Karanja said that if the President fails to fulfil his campaign promises by 2027, he might blame it on the Azimio anti-government rallies.
“Why don’t you give him time, so that after five years, you will ask him… But now, he (Ruto) will have excuses to give us,” she said.
The Senator was speaking on Citizen TV’s JKLive Show on Wednesday night.
Karanja explained that a government has to be given time to deliver to its citizen and that the continued public forums by the opposition derail the government’s delivery to Kenyans.
She noted that the Kenya Kwanza government has great plans for Kenyans and should be given time to deliver.
“We just need to give this government time so that we can deliver. I know because I am an employer that if you give somebody an opportunity to give excuses, after two years, President Ruto will say we disturbed him…He will say you called people, rallied them, instead of letting people work,” Karanja added.
She was responding to Nairobi County Woman Representative Esther Passaris who said that the rallies were due to Kenyans being unsettled with Ruto’s leadership due to the high cost of living.
Passaris believes that if Opposition Chief Raila Odinga had assumed power, the situation in the country would have been different and Kenyans would not be suffering.
“All these things that he (Ruto) promised, the people are now feeling frustrated and that is why you can see that when we call people’s dialogues, they come in large numbers… People are coming because they are desperate and unemployed. A hungry nation is an angry nation,” she said.
However, Senator Karanja called on Azimio coalition to cease their protests, and allow the government to work, and come 2027, they can be allowed to criticize and ask President Ruto about the failed promises if he doesn’t deliver.
“You know very well that whether it was Raila or Ruto becoming a president, you can’t fix a country in a day. You will need some time,” Karanja said
Senator Karanja added that the Ruto administration inherited a dilapidated economy from the former regime and they need time to grow and raise funds in order to fulfill their manifesto.
