Position: President
Party: UDA
County: Kenya
William Ruto is the fifth President of Kenya, elected in 2022. He previously served as Deputy President from 2013 to 2022 and has held several ministerial positions.
2 of 5 promises fulfilled
| Promise | Category | Status | Date | Source Type | Source | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruto pledged to roll out a KSh 50 billion annual "Hustler Fund" offering microloans at single-digit interest rates to low-income Kenyans, small traders, and MSMEs through chamas, SACCOs, and cooperatives, without requiring collateral. | Investments, Trade and Industry | Fulfilled | 15 Oct 2022 | Manifesto | View Source | Submit Evidence |
| President Ruto vowed during his inauguration speech to roll out an affordable, low-cost housing programme targeting an average of 250,000 units a year, intended to create jobs across the construction value chain | Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development | In Progress | 13 Sep 2022 | Manifesto | View Source | Submit Evidence |
| Ruto promised to scale up the Judiciary's budgetary allocation by an additional Sh3 billion annually for five years, to fund an increase in small claims courts from 25 to 100 and build new High Courts in the remaining seven counties | National Treasury and Economic Planning | Unverifiable | 13 Sep 2022 | Speech | View Source | Submit Evidence |
| As part of the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda, Ruto's government committed to subsidising agricultural inputs — particularly fertiliser — rather than consumption, aiming to lift local food production and reduce import dependency. | Agriculture and Livestock Development | Fulfilled | 13 Sep 2022 | Manifesto | View Source | Submit Evidence |
| Ruto campaigned on an anti-China platform, promising to cut government borrowing from Beijing, and more broadly pledged fiscal consolidation to pay down Kenya's debt rather than restructuring it. | National Treasury and Economic Planning | Broken | 20 Jul 2022 | Manifesto | View Source | Submit Evidence |