President William Ruto has challenged critics to provide fact-based accounts of government performance, cautioning against “reckless negativity” directed at the public.
Speaking during the Jamhuri Day celebrations on Thursday, Ruto stated that the day is also an opportunity to expose fake news intended to discredit the Kenya Kwanza government, in efforts to sabotage hope and dampen the government’s resolve.
He emphasized that the results and positive impact of the government’s collective pursuit of economic change cannot be dismissed, urging Kenyans not to be misled by critics who distort the truth about the government’s efforts.
“When we say that the cost of basic food commodities has come down, it is a fact. [We] say that inflation has gone down, it is a fact,” he said.
“When we say that Kenyans who have registered for Taifa Care are receiving better services than before, it is a fact. We encourage everyone, including our critics, to engage based on facts and the truth.”
“If some of us persist in the culture of reckless negativity, how long will cynics continue to mobilize Kenyans to deny facts they can touch, feel, and see? What will they say in a few weeks when we begin handing over keys to the new owners of affordable housing units?” Ruto posed.
Ruto added that there is a time to resist and a time to accept, a time to deny and a time to admit, a time to doubt and a time to believe.
However, he stated that in the face of undeniable evidence, skepticism must give way to confidence, and Kenyans must reject the deceptive embrace of disinformation and fake news.
Ruto assured that the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda will succeed and deliver results for Kenyans.
