Jubilee Party Accuses DP Ruto of Hypocrisy

The party is criticizing the Second in command after his remarks on the cost of living, telling him (Ruto) to resign from the government rather than complaining from within.

In a statement by the Party through the party’s Secretary-General Jeremiah Kioni, the party has accused Ruto of taking advantage of the plight of Kenyans for his political gain.

“It is sad that despite Mr. Ruto being the second in command in the government, he has become a serial complainer instead of offering practical solutions to Kenyans,” read part of the statement.

Kioni went on to point out that the deputy president spent approximately 200 million on his UK and US tours.

“It is not lost to Kenyans that the Deputy President uses not less than Ksh50 million every weekend in transport logistics for his campaigns and security, which is already an extra tax burden carried by the taxpayer. During his recent trip abroad, to the US & the UK, Mr. Ruto’s 131-man cheering squad spent a whooping Kshs 200 million in logistics, flights, accommodation, and allowances. This is enough to provide an emergency food intervention program in drought-stricken counties," Kioni’s statement said.

“For the Deputy President to stand on the staircase of a government house, enjoying government security and staffing only to insult the same government he should be serving. Mr. Ruto has two clear choices, occupy his dusty office at Harambee House and help the President dispense his mandate to the people of Kenya, as he constitutionally should, or resign from his position," He added.

PRESS RELEASE: RESPONSE TO DEPUTY PRESIDENT'S HYPOCRISY ON COST OF LIVING. pic.twitter.com/E2cuwke9eE

— JUBILEE PARTY® (@JubileePartyK) April 4, 2022

This came after the deputy president claimed that Ksh.39 billion petroleum development Fund was being used for other uses rather than its function of providing fuel subsidy and hence the fuel crisis in the country.