President William Ruto’s dramatic order to arrest MPs allegedly paid Ksh10 million to pass the Anti-Money Laundering Bill has triggered a fierce backlash, with communications strategist Pauline Njoroge accusing him of double standards and branding him the real mastermind of parliamentary bribery.
While speaking at a joint parliamentary meeting with Raila Odinga at the KCB Leadership Centre in Karen, Ruto vowed to have the implicated MPs arrested, claiming some legislators had collected money to help pass dirty laws. “Those who took that money will be arrested,” he said.
But Pauline fired back online, calling Ruto’s threats hypocritical and laughable, reminding Kenyans that the same President allegedly used bribes to push his controversial Finance Bills in 2023 and 2024. She cited a Daily Nation article reporting that Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse — who helped lead the motion to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua — publicly admitted receiving rewards from President Ruto.
The report quoted Mutuse telling mourners in his constituency that he has received favors ranging from road projects to government appointments and the hiring of teachers and other civil servants from his region as a reward for his loyalty to the President after the Gachagua impeachment motion.
Pauline wrote:
“Hehehe! It’s laughable to hear Ruto demonizing MPs for allegedly taking money to pass bills. The irony is that he is the chief architect of that very scheme, and quite generous with the payouts too.”
She added that even the MPs attending the Karen meeting might walk out with brown envelopes.
According to Pauline, Ruto cannot claim to fight corruption while openly rewarding politicians who do his bidding behind the scenes. Her post has gone viral, with thousands of Kenyans accusing the Head of State of political theatrics and hypocrisy.
At the same time President William Ruto has said Kenya is currently at a historic turning point with a rare opportunity to unlock its full economic potential and emerge as one of the top-performing countries globally. He stated that the era of mediocrity and settling for the average was over, insisting there was no more space for retrogressive politics that had derailed national transformation.
According to him, Kenya must now be led with clarity, conviction and courage in order to propel the country into a new era of growth and development.
He pointed to the reforms undertaken in sectors such as sugar as proof that bold leadership can turn national challenges into success stories. Ruto claimed that within two years, Kenya would stop pleading for COMESA safeguards because it would be exporting sugar instead of relying on protection.
The President said this was the kind of decisive and visionary leadership that could convert potential into progress. He added that through bipartisan unity and across party lines, Kenya was accelerating its national transformation and declared that the country is rising and unstoppable.
