Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has launched a scathing attack on President William Ruto’s administration, saying Kenyans are worse off today than they were three years ago when the Kenya Kwanza government came to power.

Speaking on Saturday, August 9, 2025, Kalonzo reminded Kenyans of the day they went to the polls to choose leaders from the presidency to members of county assemblies, delegating their sovereign power under the Constitution.

He accused President Ruto and his team of failing to live up to their “lofty promises” to improve lives through the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda, instead making life more difficult for ordinary citizens.

“Three years later today, we dare ask you, are your lives better?” Kalonzo said in a video shared on his X account.

“The answer from Vanga to Kiunga, here at the coast, from Malili in the lower eastern part of the region to Malindi, where we recently toured, from Mount Kenya in central Kenya to Mount Elgon in western Kenya, from Tudor here in Mombasa to Trukana, from Mandera in the north to Kitale, the answer is a resounding no.”

Polls show waning confidence

Citing recent opinion polls, the Wiper leader said 86 per cent of Kenyans have lost faith in the broad-based government, while only 14 per cent believe the country is headed in the right direction.

“That is why the majority of Kenyans are saying one term,” Kalonzo added. “Many Kenyans believe this government has, instead of making their lives better, has truly indeed made their lives bitter.”

Kalonzo outlined three key areas where he believes the administration has failed.

“The country is worse off because of the following reasons. Number one, ever-rising taxes and cost of living. Number two, the failed half-baked policies from education to the health and all other sectors of our society.”

“And thirdly, the ever-rising corruption and looting of public coffers, from the G2G oil deal to KNTC, to e-Citizen, to the Hustler Fund, to SHA, to housing levy, to the opaque disposal of strategic national assets like the Kenya oil refinery, the Kenya pipeline, the public sugar mills, to the aborted JKIA and Ketraco-Adani deals.”

Kalonzo’s remarks came during a joint press conference with Democratic Action Party–Kenya leader Eugene Wamalwa, who accused ODM leader Raila Odinga of abandoning the opposition to support Ruto’s re-election in 2027.