Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has defended President William Ruto’s development record, asserting that the Kenya Kwanza administration has fulfilled the majority of its 2022 election promises and deserves another term to complete its agenda. Speaking to UDA polling centre officials in Manyatta, Embu County, Kindiki highlighted achievements in education, healthcare, agriculture, roads, housing, and youth employment as proof that the administration has delivered on its manifesto commitments. He stated that the government had increased the education budget from Ksh500 billion in 2022 to Ksh784 billion this year, recruiting 100,000 teachers, with an additional 20,000 expected to be hired next month. “There is no administration in the Republic of Kenya that has employed more teachers than the administration of William Ruto and UDA,” Kindiki said, arguing that the government had achieved in four years what would previously have taken more than two decades. The Deputy President also pointed to the strengthening of the Kenyan shilling, reduced agricultural input costs, and improved prices for some farm products as indicators of economic progress. He noted that the price of fertiliser had fallen from Ksh7,000 to Ksh2,000 per bag, while certified maize seed prices had been halved. He also cited higher coffee and milk prices as evidence of improved returns for farmers. In healthcare, K...
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