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Unmet pledges pile up as Ruto delivers third nation address

President William Ruto delivers his State of the Nation Address at the Parliament plenary,Nairobi. November 21st,2024. [FILE,Standard]

As President William Ruto delivers his third State of the Nation Address today, scrutiny is intensifying over the Kenya Kwanza manifesto he unveiled in 2022 — and how many of its short and medium-term promises remain unfulfilled three years into his term.

The Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), the administration’s 2022–27 blueprint, was anchored on three pillars: short-term, medium-term and long-term goals. Many of the short-term pledges, expected to be met by now, are lagging.

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