President William Ruto. [File,Standard]
President William Ruto has defended the proposed Vision 2063 National development plans, urging the nation as a whole to take part in the discussion.
Speaking during church services at ACK St Stephen’s Chepkoilel, Moiben, Uasin Gishu, the president said the development of the country is a responsibility of every Kenyan.
He said it is time the country operationalised the development chapter, adding that development cannot be done in hiding, secrecy or by a few.
“I want to encourage all of us as leaders, as citizens, different sectors, and Kenyans; it is time as a nation that we sit together and agree on where Kenya must be in this generation,”
He noted that many developed countries planned on how to improve their place, urging that Kenya cannot afford to have a larger percentage of its people still in poverty.
“We must sit together as a nation to see how we are going to make sure that Kenya becomes a wealthy and prosperous nation.”
He called out his critics, saying the Kenyan constitution does not envisage a democratic and poor nation but a democratic, wealthy and prosperous nation.