Ruto hits Linda Mwananchi critics, defends Magadi licence revocation

President William Ruto has defended the Kenyan government's decision to revoke Tata Chemicals Magadi's licence at Lake Magadi, accusing critics of defending an "exploitative" resource deal. Speaking in Kajiado on Saturday, Ruto attacked the opposition-linked Linda Mwananchi movement for their criticism of the government's handling of the Tata Chemicals dispute and warned that the decision could undermine investor confidence.

The President argued that the existing Magadi arrangement had deprived Kajiado and Kenya of the full economic value of their natural resources and that the country could no longer sustain contracts that allow minerals to be extracted locally and processed abroad. Ruto also rejected arguments for retaining the existing arrangement in the name of the rule of law, stating that there is no rule of law that sustains extractive, exploitative contracts that undermine the interest of the nation or the people of Kenya.

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