'Too little, too late,' Wamuchomba rejects Ruto's apology

Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba addresses the media at Parliament on May 29, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba has dismissed President William Ruto's apology to Gen Zs, calling it "too late."

Speaking a day after the president issued the apology during the 22nd National Prayer Breakfast, Wamuchomba said forgiveness cannot come without accountability for young protesters allegedly disappeared or brutalised during the June 2024 anti-tax demonstrations.

Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba terms President Ruto's apology to Gen Zs as too little too late.

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"Telling us to forgive him when he has been unable to recover the economic status of this country is rhetoric. Asking for forgiveness without producing the missing Gen Zs who disappeared is rhetoric," said Wamuchomba adding, "We require and demand more from him."

Ruto's apology followed a sermon by former NFL star and American preacher Rickey Bolden, who urged leaders to reconcile with the youth and rebuild trust and relationships.

The Githunguri MP also slammed Ruto's economic policies, accusing him of targeting low-income earners in the upcoming budget, while ignoring the plight of vulnerable Kenyans. She criticised his 'bloated' team of advisors as incompetent and called for their dismissal.

"His proposal wants low income earners who were not paying anything to start paying. The relief he had given to those in factories and informal sectors have been removed in the new proposal. The president and his advisors have failed. Those twenty advisors are just looting our money and doing nothing," she said.

She further questioned Ruto's costly tours across the country, pointing to underfunded public services.

"Just yesterday, a father lost his child at Igegania level 4 hospital in Gatundu North because no medical personnel were available. Expectant mothers are suffering as hospitals remain unmanned and essential services grind to a halt," the MP lamented.

"Critical vaccines such as BCG and polio are in short supply. Where are our priorities?"

Doctors in Kiambu County, where Wamuchomba is elected, are on strike demanding better working conditions from the county government which now blames the national government's delay in disbursement of funds for its financial shortfalls.