By KPR Reporter
Moses Kuria has resigned as President William Ruto’s Senior Economic Advisor, ending a nearly three-year stint in government that saw him serve in three high-profile roles.
Kuria made the announcement Tuesday evening on X, stating he was stepping down to “pursue personal interests”.
“This evening I have met my boss and my friend President William Ruto. The President has graciously accepted my decision to resign from government,” Kuria posted on X.
“I am proud of the work the President and I did to implement the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda which I designed together with the President as our 2022 Electoral Platform”.
Kuria’s resignation comes at a time of growing political unease in the Mt Kenya region, where discontent with the Kenya Kwanza administration is simmering.
Once a key architect of Ruto’s economic vision, Kuria’s departure is being interpreted by analysts as both a personal pivot and a political signal.
His exit follows weeks of controversial public statements, including a tweet that appeared to praise the killing of protesters during the Gen Z-led demonstrations.
The post drew widespread condemnation from human rights groups and legal experts.
Kuria’s departure also underscores the deepening fractures within the Mt Kenya political bloc, which delivered over 2.5 million votes to Ruto in 2022.
Shifting interests
Recent polling shows declining support for the president in counties like Kiambu and Murang’a, with approval ratings dropping by up to 18% since 2023.
On Tuesday, demonstrations erupted in Kiambu and spilled to neighbourhoods a day after the country was hit by nationwide protests in commemoration the 35th anniversary of Saba Saba.
In a recent outburst, Kuria admitted that he and other Mt Kenya leaders had “lied” to the region by urging them to abandon former President Uhuru Kenyatta in favor of Ruto.
“Did we do that only to convert them into criminals destroying our very own properties and businesses?” he asked in a scathing social media post.
“You, Ichung’wah, Ndindi, Mbarire, Linturi, and I lied to Mt Kenya to abandon Uhuru Kenyatta,” Kuria confessed, calling the move a political miscalculation that has cost the region dearly.
Kuria’s resignation also casts a shadow over the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), the signature policy platform of the Ruto administration.
While the president has touted BETA as a stabilizing force citing reduced inflation and increased agricultural output, critics argue that the agenda has failed to deliver on its promises of job creation and poverty alleviation.
Kuria’s resignation comes at a time when President Ruto is being accused of piling baggage on the tax payer through not useful appointment of advisors into government.