**UDA launches scathing attack on Uhuru Kenyatta**
The ruling United Democracy Alliance party has launched a sharp offensive against former President Uhuru Kenyatta, accusing him of engineering political destabilisation and bearing personal animosity toward his successor, William Ruto.
UDA officials, speaking at a party function in Nairobi, charged that Kenyatta has systematically worked to frustrate the Kenya Kwanza administration since leaving office in September 2022, using his residual influence to rally opposition forces and undermine key government initiatives. Party representatives described the former head of state’s conduct as driven by wounded pride rather than genuine public interest.
Central to the UDA critique was the economy. Party officials argued that Kenyatta handed over a government weighed down by unsustainable debt, a depreciated shilling and strained public finances — conditions that forced President Ruto to pursue painful fiscal adjustments, including the controversial tax measures that sparked widespread protests in June 2024. The Finance Bill demonstrations, which turned deadly and led to its eventual withdrawal, had already exposed deep public frustration with the cost of living.
UDA further alleged that Kenyatta has been lending quiet support to opposition efforts ahead of the 2027 general election, positioning himself as a kingmaker despite having stepped back from formal politics. The two leaders, once described as a political “bromance” during the 2017 handshake era before their later alliance, have maintained a frosty relationship since Ruto’s election victory.
Kenyatta’s allies had not publicly responded to the latest UDA broadside at the time of publication. Political analysts note that the exchanges signal the early mobilisation of camps ahead of what promises to be a fiercely contested electoral cycle.
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