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What William Ruto said
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President William Ruto addressed leaders and residents of Marsabit County at State House, responding to a memorandum of requests. He defended his economic record, claiming Kenya avoided default among six nations listed in 2022, with the dollar falling from 160 to 129 and foreign reserves rising from $5.7 billion to $13 billion. He touted hiring 100,000 teachers, building 23,000 classrooms, and raising the education budget to 767 billion shillings. He urged SHA registration, citing only 30% coverage in Marsabit versus 85% in Mombasa. He announced specific road funding, including 1.4 billion for Marsabit-Segel and 1.8 billion for Marsabit outskirts, plus 2 billion from the World Bank for other roads. He pledged electricity to Loyangalani by December, a new airport starting in July, a sovereign wealth fund launch within months, and a Marsabit university campus with 500 million shillings. He attacked opposition leaders as lacking vision.
Key takeaways
Kenya avoided debt default among six listed countries; dollar fell from 160 to 129 and reserves rose from $5.7 billion to $13 billion.
100,000 teachers hired in three years, 23,000 classrooms built, education budget raised to 767 billion shillings.
Marsabit SHA registration at ~30% versus Mombasa's 85%; urged full registration to plan health services.
Road funding includes 1.4 billion for Marsabit-Segel, 1.8 billion for Marsabit outskirts, 2 billion from World Bank for other roads.
Electricity to Loyangalani by December; new airport construction starts July; sovereign wealth fund to launch in one to two months.
On other than the section, the minister has already promised and pronounced that he has divided those projects into three phases, and the one from order to Bute will be completed very soon because the contractor has already been identified. Your people are very grateful, Your Excellency. But towards that end, there is a road which has been begun; 20 km has been done. It's a very strategic road, it is the road from Laisamis to Loyangalani through Ngurunit. Your Excellency, the leaders are asking if you can help us finish that road, they will be very happy. Also, the people of Marsabit are asking that we be like other areas with an international airport during your reign, Your Excellency. And finally, Your Excellency, there are many feeder roads. Marsabit is the largest county in the country, 78,000 square kilometers. As much as we are focusing on these strategic roads, the internal roads are many times impossible; people are finding it very difficult to reach towns within constituencies. We are requesting, not so much, if the agencies, KeRRA and other agencies that we have, can just make those roads motorable. We don't want to be unreasonable to say they must be tarmac, no. If they can just be passable, Your Excellency, we will be very, very grateful. Finally, and very finally, Your Excellency, and I note that I have taken some time, as we appreciate the senior positions you've given us in the county, Your Excellency, the leadership is requesting if you can kindly consider three more parastatal chairs in Marsabit, one ambassador, one deputy ambassador, and three commissioners in our commissions. This memorandum, Your Excellency, is signed by all the elected leaders in the county seated in front of you. You can see all of them. I will hand it over to you, Your Excellency. I am very, very grateful. That is a humble request. It is not conditional. Whether that happens or not, the people of Marsabit already have said two terms.
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Ruto, W. (2026, June 12). Pres Ruto Full Speech at Statehouse after landing from Europe,responds to Opposition,Budget uproar [Interview transcript]. Kenya Newsline. CEOInterviews.AI. https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/983700/
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William Ruto. "Pres Ruto Full Speech at Statehouse after landing from Europe,responds to Opposition,Budget uproar." Kenya Newsline, 12 Jun. 2026. Transcript, CEOInterviews.AI, https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/983700/.
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@misc{ruto2026_983700,
author = {William Ruto},
title = {Pres Ruto Full Speech at Statehouse after landing from Europe,responds to Opposition,Budget uproar},
howpublished = {Interview transcript, Kenya Newsline. CEOInterviews.AI},
year = {2026},
month = {jun},
url = {https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/983700/},
note = {Speaker-attributed transcript with timestamps}
}
