Ruto Orders Contractor to Tarmack Road to Kalonzo’s Rural Home

President William Ruto has directed a contractor working on the Twimiwa-Tseikuru-Usweni road to extend tarmacking to a three-kilometre stretch leading to the rural home of former Vice President and opposition Wiper Patriotic Front Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka in Tseikuru, Kitui County.

Ruto issued the directive on Monday, during the launch of the 55-kilometre road project in Mwingi North Constituency, as he continued his four-day development tour of the Ukambani region.

Addressing the contractor at the event, Ruto said the section leading to Kalonzo’s home should also be paved, adding that he did not want residents to be unfairly excluded from development.

“Na wewe contractor, huyu contractor ako hapa, nimesema sitaki hii dhuluma. Hii barabara wakati inatengenezwa wewe iko kilomita tatu ya kwenda kwa ndugu yangu Kalonzo. Pia hiyo iwekwe lami mpaka kwake nyumbani,” Ruto said.

He went on to defend the directive, saying Kalonzo was also Kenyan and that his government served all citizens, including residents of Tseikuru.

“Si Kalonzo pia ni Mkenya na mimi ni Rais wa Kenya na natumikia watu wote, na hata watu wa Tseikuru ni Wakenya,” he said.

The President’s remarks came as he launched the Sh5 billion road project, which he said would improve connectivity for farming and pastoralist communities in northern Kitui.

In a statement on the project on his social media, Ruto said the road would connect communities to markets, services and economic opportunities.

“One kilometre at a time, we are bridging the economic divide caused by historical marginalisation in the sharing of national resources,” he said, adding that the government wanted to promote inclusive economic growth across the country.