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Ruto's headache as restless youth, bold rulings disrupt State agenda

President William Ruto during the commissioning of the Chemususu Water Supply Project at Muserech in Eldama Ravine on August 2, 2024.[Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

For the last two years, President William Ruto has faced setbacks ranging from social, political and legal hiccups that have hampered the implementation of his election promises to Kenyans.

A litany of petitions filed in court has slammed the brakes on proposed Kenya Kwanza programmes while widespread protests by Generation Z forced the President to dismiss his Cabinet and withdraw the Finance Bill 2024.

Even in areas where he would have expected little or no resistance, Ruto’s UDA has been dogged by leadership wrangles. The internal rivalry has culminated into violence despite the President’s earlier assertion that chaos and mayhem was a preserve of ODM.