Wiper Patriotic Front party leader Kalonzo Musyoka during a meeting on December 16, 2025/ KALONZO MUSYOKA/XWiper Patriotic Front party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has hit back at
President William Ruto, disputing remarks the state leader made about road
infrastructure in his home area.
Speaking during a public engagement on
Monday, Kalonzo said Ruto focused on him rather than his agenda during a visit
to Kiambu.
“Ruto was in Kiambu where he made me
the subject instead of worshipping. He was talking about me and my home area,
saying there are no roads,” he said.
“He said I have been in governance
and leadership for 50 years. I will correct him, it’s 40 years.”
The former vice president emphasised
that his decades in public service included major infrastructure initiatives in
Kitui and the broader region.
“The 40 years were of serious
experience. When I was vice president, I launched the construction and got a
Chinese contractor, Sinohydro, to build the road,” Kalonzo explained.
“The road runs from Kibwezi to Mutomo,
to Kitui, to Mwingi, to Tseikuru to Maua. That road links Ethiopia with Mombasa.”
He was responding to remarks by Ruto
on Sunday, who accused Kalonzo of being a naysayer and leading the campaign
against his agenda to transform the country.
Ruto hit out at Kalonzo, claiming that the opposition leader had no
authority to lecture him on matters of development, saying the road leading to his
home is yet to be tarmacked despite his long tenure in politics.
"There are those saying we can't achieve all that I have announced. I
want to tell them that they are the ones who can't achieve anything. They have
no plan. It would be unreasonable to wait for someone who has never developed
his rural road,” the President said.
“The road leading to his home is dusty and muddy, and he has been in power
for decades. If he can't develop his rural road, where will he get the
smartness to plan development for Kenya? That is why they argue it is
impossible, because they have never planned anything.”
Ruto was defending his road construction agenda, reiterating that his
administration plans to build 28,000 kilometres of roads by 2032.
He insisted the plan is realistic and necessary to unlock economic growth
across the country.
“Just as we constructed 10,000km of roads during (former President) Uhuru Kenyatta’s 10-year-tenure, we are going to construct another 28,000kms by 2032,” Ruto said.
