President William Ruto recently withdrew the finance bill after numerous Kenyans took to the streets to reject the bill.

However, it was not his wish to withdraw the bill as he claimed it was supposed to better Kenya economically.

Speaking in a recent interview with journalists, Ruto even wished to have been given the opportunity to explain to Kenyans what the bill entailed. If given a chance, Ruto maintains that Kenyans would have been convinced that the bill was to bring more positive than negative.

“I promise you, if I am given a chance to explain to the people of Kenya what was in the Finance Bill and what the Finance Bill would have done for this country, every Kenyan would have agreed with me,” he began.

Biggest Regret?

President Ruto shared in the same interview about his regret regarding the finance bill.

“Maybe there are things we should have done better. We should have communicated better. I think the biggest problem we have, even with the Finance Bill, is that the finance bill has great benefits for Kenya,” he shared.

He called out his communications team for not communicating well with Kenyans.

“I am sure my communication team failed; our communication architecture did not deliver, did not get the message out to the people of Kenya,” he added.

In addition, Ruto promised to deal with the issues that have been voiced out by Kenyans.

“I have heard what you have said, I have seen what you have done, and you have made recommendations. Some I will outright implement on cutting down on government largesse and reducing the number of offices. “I will deal with some of the issues that you have raised. You have given me some difficult choices. I will suggest to you how we can together address the difficult choices that you have put on the table,” he said.