{"id":4360,"date":"2026-10-12T08:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/?p=4360"},"modified":"2026-10-12T08:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:35:24","slug":"ruto-defends-equitable-development-as-he-begins-north-rift-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/2026\/10\/12\/ruto-defends-equitable-development-as-he-begins-north-rift-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruto Defends Equitable Development as He Begins North Rift Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nairobi, October 12- President William Ruto has defended his administration&#8217;s development record, insisting that government projects will continue to be distributed across the country without discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking during a church service in Likuyani, Kakamega County, on Sunday, the President accused his political opponents of using proxies to undermine his administration&#8217;s development agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ruto maintained that every region deserves its share of national investment and said he would continue pursuing projects aimed at improving infrastructure and expanding economic opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President&#8217;s remarks came as he embarked on an extensive development tour of the North Rift, which is expected to cover six counties: Trans Nzoia, Uasin Gishu, Nandi, Elgeyo Marakwet, West Pokot and Baringo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme includes inspections and launches of roads, markets, hospitals, housing projects and electricity connections, alongside the issuance of title deeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tour comes as political leaders begin positioning themselves ahead of the 2027 General Election, with development priorities and regional representation expected to feature prominently in political debates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nairobi, October 12- President William Ruto has defended his administration&#8217;s development record, insisting that government projects will continue to be distributed across the country without discrimination. Speaking during a church service in Likuyani, Kakamega County, on Sunday, the President accused his political opponents of using proxies to undermine his administration&#8217;s development agenda. Ruto maintained that every region deserves its share of national investment and said he would continue pursuing projects aimed at improving infrastructure and expanding economic opportunities. The President&#8217;s remarks came as he embarked on an extensive development tour of the North Rift, which is expected to cover six counties: Trans Nzoia, Uasin Gishu, Nandi, Elgeyo Marakwet, West Pokot and Baringo. The programme includes inspections and launches of roads, markets, hospitals, housing projects and electricity connections, alongside the issuance of title deeds. The tour comes as political leaders begin positioning themselves ahead of the 2027 General Election, with development priorities and regional representation expected to feature prominently in political debates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4362,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4360\/revisions\/4362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}