In a stunning attack, Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba has accused President William Ruto of outright deception about his so-called achievements in Mount Kenya—just as he kicks off a five-day tour of the region!
Ruto, set to launch projects and assess ongoing developments in counties like Laikipia, Nyeri, Meru, and Kiambu, has been boasting about his administration’s successes. But Wamuchomba isn’t buying it. She claims his entire trip is a desperate PR stunt aimed at repairing his shattered reputation among a growing number of Kenyans who no longer trust him.
“He’s coming to fight the perception that he never keeps his promises,” she declared in a fiery interview on Citizen TV’s Daybreak.
The MP didn’t hold back, blasting Ruto’s Monday night media interview as a web of falsehoods. She singled out his excuse for failing to complete the long-promised Nithi Bridge, calling it laughable.
“How does a President claim he’s still consulting his team EIGHT months later? That’s absurd!” she scoffed.

And it didn’t stop there. Wamuchomba ripped apart Ruto’s claims about stabilizing milk and coffee prices, branding them a total fabrication.
“Listening to him made me sick. How can he tell farmers he stabilized prices through the Coffee Cherry Fund when he KNOWS the money never reached them?” she fumed.
According to her, Ruto only released Ksh. 2 billion of a promised Ksh. 4 billion, and instead of helping farmers, the funds mysteriously ended up in a commercial bank—invested in Treasury bonds without consulting anyone.
The debt crisis in the coffee sector? Still there, she asserted, exposing the truth behind Ruto’s claims that he wiped them out.
Meanwhile, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua—recently pushed out of Ruto’s inner circle—has also joined the chorus of criticism. Speaking at a rally in Wangige, Kiambu, he flatly called Ruto a liar, urging residents to stop believing his empty promises.
Ruto, clearly stung by the backlash, fired back in a late-night interview, insisting he personally initiated a major road project leading to Gachagua’s home.
As the President sets foot in Mount Kenya for the first time in six months, tensions are at an all-time high. Will he be able to win back the people’s trust, or has the region already turned against him?
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