According to available sources of news, today former Attorney General Justin Muturi has publicly voiced a complaint against Ruto.
He has held up a mirror to the jarring disparity between the President Ruto government’s operational spending and its actual impact on the ground.
Speaking to residents in Kinamba, Naivasha, Muturi taken aim at the sheer scale of President William Ruto’s tours across the country.
While the events are framed around the NYOTA youth fund, the numbers Muturi has highlighted suggest a massive imbalance in priorities.
According to Muturi, the President’s arrival is always marked by a fleet of approximately 3 military helicopters, his entire motorcade.
When you factor in the fuel, maintenance and flight crews for such a specialized convoy not to mention the mobilization of the elite presidential security detail and regional administrators, the logistics bill for a single afternoon likely reached astronomical heights.
The core of the criticism lies in the handouts provided to the youth groups. While the President’s entourage is supported by millions in taxpayer-funded logistics, the young people at the center of the program are reportedly being given grants of just Ksh 22,000 each.
"The total amount distributed to the youth comes to about Ksh 2.5 million per tour" Muturi has noted.
The former CS says this is a figure that is dwarfed by the cost of the President’s travel and security alone.
For many, this isn't just about the money, it’s about the message. When the apex office spends more on the spectacle of delivery than on the delivery itself, the logic of empowerment becomes blurred.
If the goal of programs like NYOTA is to jumpstart local economies, critics argue that the resources should be found in the pockets of the youth, rather than in the fuel tanks of a dozen choppers.
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