Democratic Action Party of Kenya (DAP-K) leader Eugene Wamalwa has launched a scathing attack on President William Ruto’s administration, accusing it of cruelty, incompetence, and betraying the social contract with Kenyans.
In a statement shared on X on Saturday, July 5, 2025, Wamalwa said the Kenya Kwanza regime had provoked national outrage since assuming office by pursuing policies that appear to punish the poor while enriching a privileged elite.
“Since assuming office, the Kenya Kwanza regime has inspired intense negative reactions across the public spectrum: anger, despair, disbelief, and more often than not, suspicion,” said Wamalwa.
He listed what he termed “acts of failed leadership” including arrogance, pride, and incompetence, warning that the country was veering dangerously off course.
Wamalwa criticised the 2024 Finance Act and the brutal police crackdown on Gen Z-led protests, calling it a symbol of the government’s insensitivity in the face of economic suffering.
“The sheer insensitivity of introducing punitive taxation measures amid rising unemployment, a plummeting shilling, and soaring living costs led many to believe the regime was deliberately provoking the population,” he noted.
The former Defence Cabinet Secretary slammed policies such as the proposed motor vehicle circulation tax, digital ID levies, and reforms to the public wage system, accusing the government of creating a regime that is either “cruel or clueless.”
He also decried the state of education and healthcare, pointing to delays in student funding under the new university model and the collapse of NHIF reforms.
“The Competency-Based Curriculum remains a logistical puzzle, and the dilapidation of our public healthcare system suggests a systematic effort to dismantle services to benefit private profiteers,” Wamalwa added.
The DAP-K leader condemned what he termed state-sponsored violence, including abductions and extra-judicial killings of protesters. “These are not bureaucratic blunders. They are deliberate acts of state violence,” he said.
Turning to the controversial construction of a church at State House, Wamalwa questioned the administration’s priorities, describing it as symbolic of the disconnect between leadership and the suffering public.
“Clearly, we are not just victims of failed leadership and contempt for the rule of law, but captives of social injustice and incompetence. Unless we respond accordingly, the cycle will continue,” he warned.
Wamalwa closed his statement with a chilling reflection: “No one knows what the KK regime is doing, and that is extremely dangerous.”
