Wamuchomba: We’re done with Ruto, waiting for him to pack and leave office

Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba says Kenyans are done with President William Ruto’s leadership and are waiting for him to leave office.

Against the backdrop of growing public discontent on Ruto’s regime over the rising cost of living, government corruption, job scarcity, and a spate of crackdowns on government critics and street protests, Wamuchomba says, “We have already finished with President Ruto.”

“We are just allowing him to pack slowly and leave honourably through the constitution,” the MP told Citizen TV in a Tuesday interview.

She accused Ruto’s government of “looting” public money and demanded that the President “return” it as he prepares to leave office because he does not stand a chance of securing a second term in the 2027 polls.

“The solution for the period between now and 2027 is for William Ruto to return the money that his government has looted, so that we can fill up the existing gaps,” Wamuchomba said.

“In the next budget, Ruto should allow Parliament to do what they need to do to fund independent commissions because his government has unfortunately defunded them. He must allow us to fund the bodies mandated with keeping checks and balances in his government,” she added.

She cited the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), which she said has been severely crippled, alongside the Health Ministry and the Higher Education Loans Board.

“He has two years to restore it and calm the anger of young people, to calm pensioners, whose money has also been slashed. We are giving him two years to pack slowly as he returns the country to its default mode,” Wamuchomba said.

The legislator also criticised Ruto over his dismissal of critics and recent order that police should “shoot and break the legs” of any violent protester.

“You are not a village elder, you are the President of the Republic of Kenya. Whenever you open your mouth, you must be measured and speak with respect,” Wamuchomba said.

“How do you refer to the citizens who elected you as ‘those people’? He must tone down.”

Last week, an angry Ruto said “enough is enough” to unnamed Kenyans who think “they can change this administration using violence and unlawful means before 2027.”

“Let them try," Ruto said in Nairobi, “This is a democratic nation and Kenyans will choose the nation's leadership through the ballot. We cannot choose leadership through violence. That is not going to happen in this country.”