Former Attorney General and Public Service Minister Justin Muturi has unleashed a political firestorm branding President William Ruto as a dictator and expressed deep regret for backing him.
At an interview during the breakfast show on Inooro FM on 24th June 2025, Muturi painted a picture of betrayal, disappointment, and disillusionment with the current administration.
“I deeply regret ever supporting William Ruto. A dictator. Deaf to advice. Drenched in corruption,” he declared.
Kenya didn’t deserve this!” Muturi added, suggesting he feels complicit in empowering a leadership he now accuses of ruling with arrogance and impunity
According to him, he admired President Uhuru’s governance and argued that his leadership was fair and accommodative to advice.
“I will always respect former President Uhuru Kenyatta. He was firm but fair, a leader who listened, embraced differing views, and never ruled with fear. We’re still friends to this day, and I value that bond,” Muturi began.
Muturi’s comments come at a time when President Ruto’s administration faces growing scrutiny over allegations of grand corruption, economic mismanagement, and what critics have called a tightening grip on dissent.
Muturi didn’t stop at personal regret, he went on to accuse President Ruto of engineering a massive self-enrichment scheme under the guise of digitization
