President William Ruto speaks to residents of Kapseret, Uasin Gishu county on January 10, 2025/PCSThe financial and management challenges facing Moi University will soon be a thing of the past, President William Ruto has said.
The university has been grappling with cash shortfalls and alleged financial mismanagement.
The President said he has set up a committee to assess the scale of the issues facing the institution and recommend solutions.
"We will put in place an efficient management team and allocate it enough resources so that Moi University can thrive like the other public universities," he said.
Ruto was speaking on Friday after opening the Ngeria Technical Training Institute in Kapseret Constituency, Uasin Gishu county, on his second day of a development tour of the county.
The Head of State also commissioned a state-of-the-art ICT lab at the institution.
He was accompanied by Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, Uasin Gishu Governor Jonathan Bii, his Nandi counterpart Stephen Sang, Leader of Majority in the National Assembly Kimani Ichung’wah, area MP Oscar Sudi.
Others present as the President inspected development projects were Cabinet secretaries, Principal secretaries, MPs, MCAs and a host of other leaders.
The President encouraged the youth to harness the power of the Internet and the digital space for productive income-generating activities that will improve their lives rather than misuse it for unlawful acts.
He expressed concern over the emerging trend of some youth using the digital space for immoral and criminal activities, including creating and sharing computer-generated artworks depicting people in coffins and graves.
"Instead of using the Internet to post people in coffins, use it to monetise your talents and create jobs for yourselves," he said.
He also faulted leaders who were encouraging the youth to misuse the Internet, saying there was a need for responsible guidance to foster good morals.
"Those encouraging young people to continue the trend of putting people in coffins should be careful lest they build a generation that will self-destruct," he said.
The President said the government was on course in laying the 100,000km of fibre optic to connect 100,000 public institutions to the Internet.
While speaking earlier at Cheboror in Kesses constituency, Ruto said the government was investing Sh1.8 billion to connect 20,000 households to electricity in Uasin Gishu county in the next three years.
He said this was part of the government's larger commitment to connect one million households to electricity within the next three years.
While addressing his political opponents, the President said it was too early for politicians to engage in 2027 campaigns, saying the time for that would come.
Ruto urged Kenyans not to be swayed by those criticising the government and spreading falsehoods and instead rally behind the country's transformation agenda.
“This country can only move forward if we are united. That is how we are going to have a nation that all of us will be proud of,” he said.
Ruto said despite having found the country in shaky waters economically, the government had made significant strides, which have since stabilised the economy.
“The dollar had risen to Sh160 against the shilling, but that has since reduced to Sh128. Inflation was at 9.6 per cent in 2022, but we have reduced it to 2.8 per cent, the lowest in close to 20 years," he said.