{"id":139571,"date":"2026-05-01T12:02:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/we-are-on-right-track-ignore-screaming-headlines-ruto-tells-kenyans\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T12:02:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:02:59","slug":"we-are-on-right-track-ignore-screaming-headlines-ruto-tells-kenyans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/we-are-on-right-track-ignore-screaming-headlines-ruto-tells-kenyans\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We are on right track, ignore screaming headlines,\u2019 Ruto tells Kenyans"},"content":{"rendered":"

President William Ruto on Friday once again expressed his anger over media headlines, which he claimed were sponsored to undermine his transformative agenda.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking while presiding over Labour Day celebrations held in Vihiga County for the first time outside Nairobi, Ruto urged Kenyans not to be swayed by what he termed as \u201cscreaming headlines,\u201d maintaining that the country was on the right track.<\/p>\n

He went on to use the biblical story of Bartimaeus to defend his policies and track record, a day after mainstream media reported a slowdown in economic growth and rising pressure on households.<\/p>\n

Just as Bartimaeus regained his sight and many doubted it, Ruto said he was not concerned about the coverage, arguing that no one can dispute a transformed Kenya.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why I have absolute confidence in the state of our nation and its trajectory. Do not be distracted by the noise. \u00a0Do not be swayed by screaming headlines. Or by the chorus of alarm from those who trade in the currency of fear,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

He tore into his critics, saying they could not come to terms with the country\u2019s rapid development, particularly the construction of \u00a0roads and vowed to do whatever it takes to deliver the long-delayed changes to make Kenya a first-world nation<\/p>\n

\u201cThey can see what is happening because they live here, as we all do. But they cannot bring themselves to acknowledge the change, the progress, and the transformation, because to do so would strip meaning from the only narrative they perpetuate\u201d, he regretted.<\/p>\n

He said he was pleased that national conversations were now centered on transformation rather than ethnicity and religion.<\/p>\n

\u201cKenya is transforming. Kenya is changing right before our eyes. The noise may command attention, but it cannot, and it will never, change reality\u201d.<\/p>\n

The President, who spoke strongly about SHA, said the true story of a nation is not told in sponsored headlines but is written in the daily actions of its citizens, \u201clike the 30.8 million Kenyans who have registered with SHA, and the thousands who continue to do so each day.\u201d<\/p>\n

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President William Ruto on Friday once again expressed his anger over media headlines, which he claimed were sponsored to undermine his transformative agenda. Speaking while presiding over Labour Day celebrations held in Vihiga County for the first time outside Nairobi, Ruto urged Kenyans not to be swayed by what he termed as \u201cscreaming headlines,\u201d maintaining […]<\/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-139571","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\/139571","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=139571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139571\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}