President William Ruto has launched a fresh attack on opposition leaders, accusing them of failing to manage their own farms and questioning their ability to lead the country.
Speaking in Siaya County on Tuesday, March 24, Ruto took aim at several political figures, using examples from their alleged farming practices to draw a link between personal discipline and leadership.
“If you do not have the discipline to organize your own farm, or your own family, you can never have the discipline to organize the millions of Kenyans and their interests,” Ruto said.
“You can never organize any country.” He added.
The President cited an example of an opposition leader from Kitale, claiming that a cow on his farm died due to tick infestation, which he attributed to poor farm management.
He further alleged that another leader in the opposition owned large tracts of land but has failed to put them to productive use, saying he neither grow crops nor keep livestock.
“He has no coffee, no tea, no chickens, no cows or sheep — he is growing nothing,” Ruto said.
In his remarks, the President also revisited past corruption allegations against some opposition figures, accusing them of involvement in cartels and misuse of public resources while in office.
He claimed that despite being given opportunities to serve, some leaders went on to engage in questionable dealings in sectors such as coffee and illicit alcohol enforcement.
Ruto also alleged cases of land grabbing, including claims that one leader took over land belonging to the National Youth Service (NYS) but failed to develop it.
The remarks mark an escalation in political rhetoric as tensions continue to build between the government and opposition leaders, with debates increasingly shifting to issues of governance, integrity and economic management.