Presidential advisor and former Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has issued a damning report where he described President Ruto’s key projects as dead and painting a grim picture of the country’s wobbly economy.
In a terse message on his social media accounts Kuria was who was fired from the Cabinet about six months ago, caused a political ruckus when he said that Industrial Parks, Special Economic Zones and Export Processing Zones are all dead.
He added that manufacturing is down to 6% of GDP while the Foreign Direct Investments are lowest in 20 years and that exports as a percentage of GDP is 10% down from a high of 28% as he painted a grim picture of a crumbling economy.
His shocking statement is in sharp contrast with image that President Ruto has been creating of an economy on a positive rebound, begging the question what triggered Kuria to issue such a damning “end of year” report card for his boss.
Pundits says the recent nominations to the Cabinet and the government by President Ruto where key former President Uhuru’s allies were given plumb cabinet positions may have triggered Kuria to issue the negative report because his former docket was allocated to former Nakuru governor Lee Kinyanjui.
They observe that the appointment of former Kiambu governor William Kabogo to the Cabinet to take up the seat reserved for Kiambu may further have bruised Kuria’s ego.
With a bruised ego and a ground that is hostile to President Ruto, others see Kuria’s statement as crafted to annoy his boss who in turn may fire him and, in the process, create a “political martyr” giving him a lifeline for an elective position in his home county of Kiambu.
Kuria in his statement attempted to paint himself as better than all his successors saying he hoped that Kinyanjui will make a difference.
“After trying the big shoes of Rebecca Miano and Salim Mvurya, I hope Governor Kinyanjui will make a difference,” Kuria concluded his statement.
