‘Who Cares?’ Ruto’s Blunt Response to Opposition’s 2027 Unity Plan

President William Ruto has dismissed the opposition’s repeated pledge to unite behind a single candidate in the 2027 presidential election, saying it is out of touch with what Kenyans need.

He challenged opposition politicians to focus instead on explaining how their plans would address Kenyans’ needs.

“Who cares whether you are united or have one candidate?” Ruto said.

Speaking on Monday at the launch of the Riamoni-Nyangori Road and Last Mile Connectivity project in Kitutu Masaba, Nyamira County, Ruto said voters cared more about their livelihoods, education, infrastructure, and access to healthcare than opposition leaders’ unity plans.

He said Kenyans wanted to know how leaders would put money in their pockets, educate their children, build roads, and improve access to medical care.

“How will you put money in their pockets? How will their children go to school? How will their roads be built? How will they access healthcare? Those are the things Kenyans want to know,” Ruto said.

Ruto told opposition leaders to keep their internal political arrangements to themselves, saying voters were not concerned about whether the politicians remained divided or eventually agreed on one candidate or several.

“That is your business. Do not keep telling Kenyans about your business. Kenyans want to know their own concerns, not yours,” he said.

He also challenged opposition figures who claim to command millions of votes, arguing that politicians cannot simply carry voters into an election.

Ruto cited the example of three politicians meeting and claiming to control millions of votes each. He said such claims treated voters as numbers that politicians could carry around in their bags.

“Are voters the ones who will be decided for, or are they the ones who will decide? Are you the ones who make the decision, or are those people going to decide?” he asked.

Ruto urged politicians to respect voters, saying Kenyans could make their own decisions about who should lead them.

“These Kenyans are intelligent people. They are the ones who will decide who becomes a leader and who does not,” he said.

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