Musalia Mudavadi: Why Cost of Living Won't Be Lowered Soon

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has said it would take a while before the economy stabilises and the impact felt by Kenyans.

Musalia said the Kenya Kwanza government inherited a ravaged economy and thus it would take it time to deal with the dynamics putting the economy as it is now.

He restated Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's assertion that the administration found empty coffers.

According to him, the status quo with regard to the economy was occasioned by massive borrowing and wanton corruption in former president Uhuru Kenyatta's government.

He said President William Ruto has had to right the wrongs caused by his predecessor before embarking on delivering on the promises he made to Kenyans.

"We must tell Kenyans the truth. I would be lying if I am going to stand here and say that the cost of food products will be lowered soon. Let us not lie to each other.

"No leader can get to power and purpot to lower the cost of living in one day. It will be our collective responsibility to handle this," he said.

Musalia however assured Kenyans that the government was working to restore things to normal.

He bashed the opposition for using the issue of the economy for political expediency.

The Prime CS argued that mass action protests on the streets would not solve the problem at hand.

"Our predecessors brought us. It will therefore take us time to rectify this. No one should lie to you that wearing sufurias and marching on the streets would help," he said.

Musalia spoke on Friday, May 19, at Egerton University in Nakuru County where he led a tree planting exercise.