President William Ruto addresses residents in Awendo town during Migori tour, on August 14, 2025. [Anne Atieno, Standard]
Three years down the line, President William Ruto’s promissory agenda reads like a litany of quixotic imaginings and fulfilments. The promises have been both noble and absurd. Like Miguel de Cervantes’ character, Don Quixote, in The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, President Ruto appears to be in the grip of a compulsive desire to do great things in an impractical manner.