Deputy President William Ruto is scheduled to deliver a lecture at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, commonly known as Chatham House on Friday this week.
Ruto’s press secretary David Mugonyi yesterday said the DP will also give another public lecture at Warwick University.
Ruto’s lecture at Chatham will be on Kenya’s national unity and regional integration: Challenges of Inclusion, Growth and Change. According to the London based non-profit, non-governmental organisation whose mission is to analyse and promote the understanding of major international issues and current affairs, there are still challenges facing the full implementation of the 2010, Constitution.
“As Kenya approaches the end of the first decade since it adopted a new constitution in 2010, establishing a comprehensive picture of the political and economic implications of these sweeping reforms remains challenging. While devolution has created a structure of 47 counties that can support broader enterprise, investment, job creation and revenue generation, a number of county governments have struggled to generate expected revenues,” the organisations notes on its website.
“At this event, William Ruto, Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya, will reflect on the challenges of managing change in a diverse country, and the outlook ahead for both Kenya and the wider region,”it says. Ruto will also meet Kenyans in the UK.
Kenya’s High commissioner to UK and former State House spokesman Monoah Esipisu has invited at least 1000 people to attend.
Meanwhile then DP yesterday said Jubilee party has two main agendas, national unity and development for all Kenyans.
He was speaking yesterday afternoon at Ndaragwa stadium during a fundraiser in aid of Ndaragwa town ACK Church.
Quoting the Bible, in the book of Ecclesiastes, he said it’s now time for development, not politics. “Even the bible says there is time for everything under the sun. Those other things shall come at their own time,” he said
Ruto said all national government entities must ensure an up to date, accurate and real time information of implementation of all projects including markets, water, roads and hospitals among others.