Ruto calls Sifuna, Linda Mwananchi team ‘fools’ over housing
NAIROBI, Kenya Sep 14 – President William Ruto has hit back at the Linda Mwananchi movement’s proposal to allocate units under the government’s Affordable Housing Programme to police officers, calling…
President William Ruto has criticized the Linda Mwananchi movement for proposing the allocation of Affordable Housing Programme units to police officers, branding their leaders "fools" and accusing them of lacking a plan for the country. During a stop in Kisumu during a five-day tour of Nyanza, Ruto claimed that the government had already planned to construct 20,000 houses for police officers, dismissing the proposal as unnecessary.
The proposal was made by Senator Edwin Sifuna and Embakasi East MP Babu Owino at a rally in Nairobi, who praised police officers for their professionalism in managing opposition supporters' convoys. Ruto accused the opposition leaders of not understanding the housing programme, stating that they have no capacity to discuss housing and are lacking a plan.
He defended the Affordable Housing Programme, which creates jobs and provides houses, markets, and hostels, and highlighted that 44 billion shillings have been set aside for housing-related projects in Kisumu County alone. Ruto also challenged the opposition, asking what would happen to the young people employed by the projects if they were stopped.
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