{"id":122517,"date":"2025-10-04T14:10:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T14:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/10\/04\/rutos-industrial-champion-kuria-says-the-dream-is-dead\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T14:10:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T14:10:04","slug":"rutos-industrial-champion-kuria-says-the-dream-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/rutos-industrial-champion-kuria-says-the-dream-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruto\u2019s industrial champion Kuria says the dream is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 4 \u2014 Former Economic Adviser to President William Ruto, Moses Kuria, has said the dream of rapid industrialisation he once championed has been \u201cextinguished,\u201d adding to a growing string of public criticisms against the Kenya Kwanza administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a post on his social media pages on Saturday, Kuria lamented that the \u201cambitious\u201d industrial projects he initiated \u2014 including County Aggregation and Industrial Parks (CAIPs), Special Economic Zones (SEZs), and Export Processing Zones (EPZs) \u2014 have stalled, dimming hopes for the manufacturing-led transformation he envisioned.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking back at the last two years, I am disappointed that this dream has been extinguished,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I refuse to give up on Kenya. We still have a great country with immense potential.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kuria served as Cabinet Secretary for Trade and Investment until 2024, when he was dismissed following widespread Gen Z-led protests. <\/p>\n

He was later appointed President Ruto\u2019s Special Economic Adviser, a post he resigned from earlier this year amid growing discontent with the administration\u2019s economic policies.<\/p>\n

Outspoken critic<\/h2>\n

Since leaving government, Kuria has become one of President Ruto\u2019s most outspoken critics \u2014 accusing the administration of policy drift, poor prioritisation, and a lack of focus on job creation and manufacturing.<\/p>\n

Ruto minister hails end to Kenya\u2019s \u2018misadventure\u2019 in Haiti after UN vote \u00bb Capital News (capitalfm.co.ke)<\/a><\/p>\n

His recent comments on the United Nations\u2019 decision to wind down Kenya\u2019s leadership role in Haiti further illustrate his break with the government.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Kuria welcomed the UN Security Council\u2019s adoption of Resolution 2793, which established a Gang Suppression Force (GSF) to replace the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti.<\/p>\n

\u201cI salute the UN Security Council for the resolution to set up a Global Force for Haiti. This should now put an end to the Kenyan unilateral mission and end the misadventure,\u201d Kuria said.<\/p>\n

He also urged Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja to redeploy the returning Kenyan officers to the streets of Nairobi to tackle rising cases of muggings and pickpocketing.<\/p>\n

Kuria has repeatedly criticised Kenya\u2019s involvement in Haiti, even blaming former US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman for allegedly influencing the deployment.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmbassador Meg Whitman literally ruled Kenya for two years. The Haiti misadventure was one of the many personal decisions that she took. Kenya will be paying the price for terrible Meg\u2019s reign of terror for a long time to come,\u201d he said in a recent statement.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 4 \u2014 Former Economic Adviser to President William Ruto, Moses Kuria, has said the dream of rapid industrialisation he once championed has been \u201cextinguished,\u201d adding to a growing string of public criticisms against the Kenya Kwanza administration. In a post on his social media pages on Saturday, Kuria lamented that the \u201cambitious\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}