“I AM NOT SCARED AT ALL!” — RUTO FIRES BACK AT OPPOSITION ATTACKS.

Speaking during a meeting with journalists at State House, Nairobi, the Head of State said his competitors had concentrated on criticising his administration through insults, slogans and name-calling without presenting alternative policies.  

“I am not scared at all. I mean, I trust the judgement of the people of Kenya, that they can be able to see where a plan is and where an agenda is,” Ruto said. “It is not possible for you to engage in name-calling, sloganeering, insults, and expect the people of Kenya to vote for you on account of that.”

The President challenged opposition leaders to move beyond promises to scrap key government programmes and instead outline concrete alternatives. He specifically referenced the Affordable Housing programme, the Social Health Authority (SHA) and the university funding model.  

“It cannot be your agenda that I’m going to stop housing; I am going to stop SHA; I am going to stop the university funding, and you cannot tell the public an alternative,” he stated. Ruto argued that simply vowing to abolish existing initiatives without offering better options demonstrated a lack of vision and agenda.



He further claimed he could confidently account for his four years in office. “Today, without fear of any contradiction, I can give an account of the four years I’ve been in office on everything that I have done,” the President said.

The remarks come as opposition figures, including Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, former Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i and DAP-K leader Eugene Wamalwa, step up efforts to forge a united front against Ruto’s re-election bid. Some have criticised the Kenya Kwanza administration over unfulfilled 2022 campaign promises and rising living costs.

Ruto also reiterated earlier accusations against former President Uhuru Kenyatta, claiming his predecessor had chosen to organise and sponsor the opposition rather than play a unifying statesman role. He said he had made personal efforts to engage Kenyatta, including visits to Ichaweri and the former president’s Nairobi office, but those overtures were rebuffed.

The President maintained that Kenyans would ultimately distinguish between empty rhetoric and leaders with clear plans. His comments form part of a broader push by the administration to defend its record on housing, healthcare and education funding while painting the opposition as lacking substantive policy alternatives.

As political temperatures rise with just under a year to the 2027 polls, Ruto’s defiant stance signals that the ruling side intends to campaign on delivery rather than engage in what he described as opposition insults and sloganeering. The opposition, for its part, continues to mobilise around calls for accountability and a change of leadership.