State House spokesperson Hussein Mohamed has defended President William Ruto against claims that he has been commissioning projects conceived during former president Uhuru Kenyatta's tenure.
The president has lately been under the scrutiny of the Kenyan public which learned about his spree of unveiling Uhuru's legacy projects funded by the taxpayer.
An instance was drawn from the Kisii Cancer Treatment Centre, whose construction the president launched during his recent working tour.
It is, however, not lost that the 76-bed capacity facility was laid in the pipeline of Uhuru's projects in 2019.
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Addressing the concerns, Hussein explained that Ruto was in order to commission and launch the projects in line with the Kenya Kwanza manifesto.
A clause in the manifesto stipulated Ruto's commitment to complete all the infrastructural projects if he is elected president.
Hussein therefore underscored that it was in the president's place to complete the projects that his predecessor came up with.
"It’s a mark of responsibility for a President to ensure that all feasible projects, including those that stalled before his election, are completed. This commitment is actually part of the pledges President William Ruto made in the Kenya Kwanza manifesto, the very document that got him elected," said Hussein.
The state house spokesperson seemed to take issue with a section of the media amplifying the assertion of Ruto riding on his predecessor's projects.
He went on to state that the president would not be deterred from living up to his election agenda.
"So yes, during his development tours across the country, the President will continue to implement the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda, including launching new projects, inspecting ongoing ones, and, where necessary, reviving and completing those that stalled before his election," he added.
