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William Samoei Ruto

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.

Accountability Score

40%

2 of 5 promises fulfilled

Pending: 0
In Progress: 1
Partially Fulfilled: 0
Fulfilled: 2
Broken: 1
Unverifiable: 1

Promises

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