Rutos Scorecard: Why Kenyans Must End The Ruto Era & Restore The Soul Of The Republic Of Kenya

Kenya is living through an age of deliberate decay, a season engineered by a presidency that has traded governance for greed, justice for brutality, and leadership for demonic ambition. For three long years, the Ruto regime has turned the nation into a theatre of suffering where corruption thrives unchecked and the cries of citizens are met with arrogance. This article is a clarion call for Kenyans to rise, reclaim their nation, and end an era that has normalised evil as governance.

Everywhere you look, under Ruto’s watch, evil has been institutionalised. What used to be isolated scandals have mutated into a national ecosystem of theft, where billions disappear in broad daylight and no one is held accountable. The state has perfected the art of looting through taxes, levies, procurement fraud, and shadow networks operating behind ministries. Kenya is bleeding economically, spiritually, and morally, because the head of state has chosen personal accumulation over national progress.

For three years, President Ruto has presided over the most aggressive tax regime Africa has seen in recent times. From fuel to bread, from mobile money to basic services, every Kenyan has been squeezed to the bone. The regime weaponised the Kenya Revenue Authority as a tool of intimidation, forcing citizens to fund waste, luxury, and political bribes. This is not taxation for development; it is extortion disguised as policy.

Kenya’s healthcare system is collapsing under Ruto. Hospitals lack medicine, doctors strike endlessly, and the new SHIF scheme is nothing but a fresh pipeline for theft. Patients die in corridors while ministers hold press conferences bragging about reforms that only exist on paper. Under this presidency, the value of life has diminished, replaced by profit-driven cartels that function with state protection.

Education, once the ladder of hope for millions, has been vandalised by policy confusion, underfunding, and political interference. University fees have doubled, HELB is struggling, classrooms have no teachers, and thousands of students drop out each year. The CBC reforms promised order but delivered chaos. Kenya’s children have become collateral damage in a war waged by a government that prioritises luxury motorcades over functional schools.

Unemployment under Ruto has reached catastrophic levels. Youth—who make up 70% of the population—have found themselves locked out of opportunities while politically connected elites secure tenders, jobs, and scholarships meant for deserving citizens. The promise of “hustler empowerment” has turned into a cruel joke, replaced by endless borrowing, punitive taxes, and shrinking industries.

The manufacturing sector, which should be the engine of national prosperity, has been suffocated. Factories are shutting down due to unbearable electricity costs, erratic policies, and flooding of the market with cheap imports. SMEs, the backbone of Kenya’s economy, have collapsed in record numbers as financiers tighten lending, and operational costs skyrocket. Ruto’s presidency has been a death sentence to entrepreneurship.

Corruption under this administration has achieved supernatural levels. Every sector—energy, infrastructure, ICT, agriculture—has become a feeding trough. The fertilizer scandal, edible oil fraud, KPLC rot, KEMSA thefts, and land-grabbing schemes are not isolated cases; they form a tapestry of state capture. Kenya is no longer suffering corruption; it is surviving in spite of it.

State violence has escalated under Ruto, marking one of the darkest chapters in our democratic history. Peaceful protesters have been maimed, abducted, or killed. Journalists have been harassed, activists threatened, and whistleblowers silenced. The state has embraced brutality as a strategy, proving that a government that fears its citizens has already lost legitimacy.

The cost of living has risen to unbearable levels. Food prices have doubled, fuel prices break records monthly, electricity bills feel like punishment, and rent is suffocating families. Instead of stabilising the economy, the government responds with PR stunts and foreign trips. Millions of Kenyans now live one crisis away from starvation.

Kenya’s debt has exploded under Ruto, with borrowing occurring in secrecy and without parliamentary oversight. Billions vanish through overpriced foreign projects while citizens finance repayments through punitive taxation. The country has slipped into a debt trap that threatens economic sovereignty, and the regime behaves as if nothing is wrong.

The agriculture sector, the lifeline of rural Kenya, has been sabotaged by failed subsidies, fake fertiliser, mismanaged projects, and cartels operating with official blessing. Farmers are poorer than ever, while brokers enriched by the state live lavishly. The promise to uplift farmers has turned into their exploitation.

Under Ruto, national unity has been shattered. Tribal appointments, ethnic favouritism, and political revenge have replaced merit and cohesion. Kenya feels divided, tense, and suspicious because the leadership has chosen to weaponise ethnicity instead of healing it. The presidency has become a tool for rewarding loyalty rather than serving the republic.

Kenya’s international image has deteriorated sharply. Foreign investors flee, donors raise alarms, and global confidence drops each year. Diplomatic scandals, embarrassing speeches abroad, and erratic policy shifts have painted Kenya as unpredictable and unstable. Ruto’s foreign policy is not strategic; it is chaotic.

The judicial system has been threatened and infiltrated. Judges face intimidation, court orders are ignored, and the rule of law has been replaced with executive arrogance. Kenya is slowly slipping into authoritarianism masked as reform. Without judicial independence, democracy dies silently.

Ruto’s government has destroyed trust—trust in elections, institutions, and leadership. People no longer believe official data, government promises, or policy announcements. A nation cannot grow where trust has been replaced by suspicion and frustration. Kenya is losing its social fabric.

Youth who once had hope now feel betrayed. Many consider migration, crime, or hopelessness their only paths. A government that promised empowerment has delivered despair. Kenya risks losing an entire generation to frustration, poverty, and broken systems.

The church, once a voice of truth, has been infiltrated by political bribery. Loud preachers bless corruption in exchange for brown envelopes. The moral compass of the nation has been distorted as righteousness is exchanged for loyalty. True spiritual leadership has been silenced.

Under Ruto, women face rising risks—economic vulnerability, gender-based violence, and exclusion from key leadership spaces. Policy decisions affecting women are made without women. The promises of empowerment have become empty slogans used for applause but not action.

Public transport, housing, and urban planning have deteriorated rapidly. Cities are chaotic, unsafe, and unregulated. Roads fall apart weeks after construction. Corrupt tendering has consumed infrastructure development, leaving citizens in daily misery.

The environment has not been spared. Forests are grabbed, rivers are polluted, and mining licences are issued without oversight. Kenya’s natural heritage is being sold to the highest bidder, leaving future generations at risk. Under Ruto, ecological destruction has accelerated beyond imagination.

Freedom of speech is under siege. Bloggers are arrested, online critics surveilled, and misinformation propagated by state machinery. A government that fears criticism is a government aware of its guilt. Kenya is being dragged backwards into an era of fear.

The police force has become an extension of political control rather than a protector of citizens. Abductions, extrajudicial killings, and brutality are rising. Instead of reform, we see militarisation. Officers obey political orders instead of the Constitution.

The social contract between citizens and the state is broken. People pay taxes yet receive nothing. Public service is dead. Everything has been monetised—health, education, safety, justice. Kenya is no longer governed; it is exploited.

The presidency of Ruto is not merely a failure; it is an assault on the soul of the nation. The scale of corruption, brutality, and incompetence demands accountability—not negotiations, not prayers for “peace,” but real legal consequences. Leadership must carry responsibility.

For Kenya to heal, Ruto must be removed constitutionally, prosecuted, and jailed for economic sabotage, human rights abuses, and betrayal of public trust. This is not revenge; it is justice. It is the only way to deter future leaders from treating Kenya as personal property.

Kenya must reclaim its destiny. Citizens must rise—not in violence, but in unity, constitutional action, and unshakable determination. The republic must be restored through truth, justice, and moral courage. Generations unborn will judge what we choose to tolerate today.

The era of darkness must end. Kenya must return to the light. The time is now.

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