City lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi has opined that President William Ruto's regime is now unpopular.
Abdullahi on Monday in a post on the X platform said the unpopularity of Ruto's regime can be felt by everyone adding that the cause is not just the high cost of living.
"The palpable unpopularity of Ruto's regime isn't because fuel is expensive or we have periodic power blackouts, or unga is expensive," he said.
In his opinion, Ruto's regime is unpopular because the agenda it rode on to power has been shelved.
"Ruto's government faces strong headwinds because the reforms and new governance initiatives UDA promised Kenyans have been thrown out of the window," he said.
Abdullahi said Ruto ought to go back to the manifestos he had when he was seeking the vote of the people.
He said Ruto should not wait any longer to reconnect with what he promised Kenyans, urging the President to act immediately.
"President William Ruto needs to dust off his visionary manifesto, reboot his reform agenda/credentials and address the 3 issues I highlight here...the same can't wait for tomorrow. The three issues need to be addressed today," he said.
Before August 9, 2022 top on Ruto’s agenda for the nation was revitalising the economy through job creation, improved health sector and food security through agriculture, which he said was bungled by the Handshake.
Ruto in his manifesto which was unveiled on June 29, 2022, had planned to create four million jobs for Kenyan youth.
He said 30 per cent of youth were going to be appointed to government positions and its agencies.
He promised that Sh50 billion will be allocated to fund Saccos to cushion small-medium enterprises from shylocks.
For small business traders like mama mboga, Ruto pledged to put up market stalls in every major trading centre and shades for the jua kali artisans.
On education, Ruto vowed to increase the allocation of funds for research from 0.8 per cent to two per cent of the GDP while doubling the Higher Education Loans Board funding from Sh11 billion to Sh22 billion.
The Kenya Kwanza government also had plans to establish a hustler healthcare programme where every woman in the country is going to be insured by the National Health Insurance Fund.
“We are going to give every woman an NHIF card free of charge,” Ruto said during a meeting with the women.
On the soaring public debt, Ruto says his government intends to reduce borrowing appetite and subsequently stop it.
