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Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua has called out President William Ruto for duping Kenyans that he was commissioning a Nyandarua road that was already commissioned five years ago.

Ruto sparked debate after a section of Kenyans criticized him for claiming credit for the road that was already launched during former president Uhuru’s Kenyatta’s regime.

“Earlier launched the tarmacking of the 55km captain- Ndemi-Wanjohi-Kwa Matu-Geta-Kahuruko-Ndunyu Njeru and addressed wananchi at the Ndunyu Njeru trading centre at Ol Kalou town,” Ruto’s Thursday, April 6, 2023 tweet read.

In a tweet shared on Saturday, April 8, 2023, Karua affirmed that it was pointless for the president to launch an already launched project and come up with excuses when called out.

“Nothing can excuse the deceptive launching of an already launched project. If at all it was in good faith , the second launch should have acknowledged first upfront not wait to give lame excuses after being outed! The truth will always out,” she wrote.

Ruto’s response

He was forced to defend himself later stating that he had kickstarted the project during his stint as the country’s deputy president.

The Head of State asserted that he had to stall the project after he was ‘denied’ funding by the previous government in an attempt to frustrate his bid for the presidency.

“During last year’s election campaigns, President Ruto promised to complete all stalled projects, including roads. During the ‘Handshake’ (2018-2022), many projects he launched were deliberately denied funding even though they were in the government’s programme. This was to frustrate the then Deputy President and his bid for the presidency.” he stated through State House spokesperson Hussein Mohammed.

“Today, it’s evident that the architects of these schemes that they thought would frustrate President Ruto, ultimately hurt the people, the economy and Kenya. But the President is and will clean up the mess. He promised to complete all stalled projects before embarking on new ones. This is the President fulfilling his pledges,” he added.