President Ruto to deliver State of the Nation address

President Ruto will make his address on the gains made under his leadership, however, under harsh scrutiny over unfulfilled promises since taking office in 2022.

In his third State of the Nation address, President Ruto will focus on the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), which has struggled to attain its ambitious goals.

Some of the matters he is expected to elucidate include the Affordable Housing, Hustler Fund, domestic and external debt, Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), and university funding model and policy structuring.

In last year’s address, President Ruto painted a rosy picture of Kenya's state of affairs, particularly highlighting strides in food security.

He underscored various milestones in food production, one of his administration's key agendas.

While some of the figures he cited aligned with official data, others were inconsistent when compared to the 2024 Economic Survey Report by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), the official government data source.

This year, he has maintained a firm mission of ensuring that affordable homes have been constructed and awarded to Kenyans, being one of the most notable achievements of the Kenya Kwanza administration.