William Ruto

ODM and UDA are one team, and you should accommodate each other under a broad-based government. We should not allow divisions in ODM and UDA to undermine our unity of purpose.

Kenya stands ready to support South Sudan in this endeavour while encouraging dialogue and consensus among all parties.

Instead, multiple facilities could create a larger and more integrated petroleum market capable of serving the needs of East Africa.

Kenya’s policy would be guided by competitiveness, allowing businesses and consumers to obtain petroleum products from whichever regional facility can supply them efficiently and at favourable prices.

Lamu will give us an opportunity to have fuel without the fluctuations that we have now.

Even if the one in Tanga is built, we as Kenya will go and buy some shares there. There is no problem.

If it is manufactured there in Uganda and the oil from that place is near Busia, and it can reach Busia at a lower price, we will buy oil from anywhere and bring it to Busia.

There is no bad blood at all. There is no problem.

Position the country as a key player in the sector while presenting opportunities for US firms to provide value addition

The day a Kenyan pension trustee can buy a Kenyan power station as easily as she buys a Treasury bill, this argument will be over.

If the evidence vindicates the current methodology, we will accept the finding and say so publicly. If it does not, we will expect the methodology to change.

Africa's problem is no longer the amount of capital available to it. Africa's problem is the set of rules that decide where that capital is allowed to go.

It is imprudent for any government to export raw materials, create jobs and value in other countries while we have a big population of young people who need jobs.

We are going to process all minerals available in Kenya.

Going into the future, our position as the government. Whether we are talking about Magadi Soda or oil or all our minerals, we have taken the decision that we will no longer export raw materials.

We want to give five, six or even 10 companies an opportunity to use the resources there to create jobs, value, create wealth and reduce poverty.

Because they have been unable to do anything meaningful with the plant for more than 100 years, I have directed them to pack up and go.

It is unfair for one company to dominate the ownership and operations of Magadi Soda for years, yet it has done little to improve the factory or create employment opportunities for our youth.

They took us to court over the Social Health Authority and the Affordable Housing Programme, but these programmes are progressing well.

This new road will strengthen connectivity and unlock greater economic opportunities in the region.

Kenyans will elect leaders based on their development record. Sloganeering will not make Kenyans vote for them. They have a long way to go.

You told me, as residents of Emurua Dikirr, that you want a university. Today, I have brought KSh1.2 billion to construct the university that will be named after our brother Johana Ng'eno.

Many politicians have talked of the Mau question, but I talked of the Mau answer. This is why we are here today closing this chapter.

We are today officially closing the long and painful chapter of people who were removed from the Mau Forest, which the County Government of Narok will now manage.