Ruto attacks Sifuna over affordable housing, warns electing opposition would be ‘Kenya’s biggest accident’
Kenyan President William Ruto has publicly criticized opposition leader Edwin Sifuna over disagreements regarding the government's affordable housing program. The exchange highlights growing political tensions ahead of the 2027 General Election.
Why it matters
The conflict underscores the polarization in Kenyan politics regarding flagship social policies and the viability of the current administration's development agenda.
President William Ruto and ACK Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit during the consecration of the fourth Bishop of the ACK Church, Katakwa Diocese in Amagoro on Sunday/ HANDOUT
President William Ruto has scathingly attacked opposition leaders, accusing them of lacking an agenda and warning that electing them would be "the biggest accident" to befall Kenya.
Ruto particularly aimed at Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna, who has opposed the affordable housing programme and sarcastically questioned the practicality of keeping chickens in high-rise affordable housing apartments.
"Someone is saying it is impossible to take a chicken to the 12 th floor. Is it better to take your chicken to the 12 th floor or continue living in slums? How heavy is that chicken?" he asked, drawing laughter from the crowd.
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