For the umpteenth time, Sports Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kipchumba Murkomen has openly defended President William Ruto against his pessimistic critics.

Speaking on Friday, December 6, 2024, Murkomen in a hard-hitting speech addressed to Ruto’s critics, noted that the president was being chastised unfairly without facts.

In particular, the CS attacked the media, the church, and other Kenyans claiming that Ruto had accomplished more for the nation in the same amount of time than his predecessors.

“I have seen many people criticising the president and sometimes the criticism that is levelled against President William Ruto is extremely unfair. Being caricatured and insulted, especially if you look at what the president has done in two years, it’s not comparable with his predecessor in their 2-years in office,” he said.

Claiming that it was unjust that the president was being compared to Moi just because of their tribal ties, Murkomen accused Ruto’s detractors of being tribalists.

“I want to say this as an individual here, I find it unfair that many people especially the church, the media and our critics are criticising the president not based on the facts but it’s a criticism that is laced with tribalism.

“I find it unfair that President Ruto is not being compared with Uhuru Kenyatta, Mwai Kibaki or Jomo Kenyatta, because of the disease and mentality, every critic of Ruto is comparing him with Daniel Moi,” he said.

Adding;

“As if there was only one president before him. It is unfair to find fault in the president based on where he comes from or compare him with a president from his community before. Let’s compare him with the facts as they are. “

Additionally, the CS heaped praise on Ruto’s governance saying he has tremendously transformed the country’s economy.

He also expressed confidence that Ruto would steer the country towards the right direction and restore its economy if given time to fulfil his promises.

“Mheshimiwa rais kwa miaka mbili amebadilisha uchumi wa Kenya amabao ulikua unaenda kuzoroteka na mpaka sai tuko inflation imeshuka chini and he is being criticised,” he said.

“We have confidence in Ruto, if we give him the necessary time and criticize him fairly we are going to get proper results for our country.”