He detailed this at the launch of a $130.5 million LPG plant to be built by Tanzanian company Taifa Gas in Mombasa. He also said that the high cost of living was partly orchestrated by opposition leaders as anti-government propaganda.
While the president remains optimistic, surveys show that most people in the country do not share optimism, especially in his leadership.
More than 60% of Kenyans, according to a study by pollster Infotrak between February 21 and February 14, do not think their country is running properly and are concerned about the high cost of living.
High taxes, unemployment, weak administration, poor politics, and poverty are some of the reasons for pessimism given by those who think the country is headed in the wrong direction.
While negative perceptions of the nation are more widespread in areas that mainly support the opposition, including Nyanza, East, West, Coast, and Nairobi, they are also unpopular in the president’s political strongholds.
In Central and Rift Valley, the two populated areas where Ruto got the largest percentage of votes, more than half said residents who participated in the Infotrak poll agreed that the nation is not moving in the right direction.
The gloomy atmosphere in the region is in stark contrast to the euphoric mood of seven months ago, when President Ruto was inaugurated on the strength of a populist campaign that played to the grass roots while promising to reduce the cost of living in his first 100 days in office and lift the poor out of their misery.
According to the survey, which was conducted on February 21 and 24, the president scored 39.6 out of 100 for his efforts to make food cheaper, 42 for his efforts to fight inflation, and 49.6 for his efforts to improve people’s lives. average worker. The severe drought that could leave 5.4 million people hungry between March and June is one of the difficulties the country is currently facing that may be beyond the control of the administration.