President William Ruto worships with congregants of the Pentecostal Church in Mwatate alongside local leaders on September 27, 2026 / PCS.President William Ruto has urged leaders to remain disciplined and focus on delivering on their responsibilities rather than trying to supervise one another.
The President also called on leaders to set a good example, saying they should conduct themselves responsibly because Kenyans look up to them.
Speaking during a worship service at a Pentecostal Church in Mwatate, Taita-Taveta County, Ruto said every leader has a role to play and should concentrate on fulfilling their responsibilities.
“Sometimes I see people correcting me: concentrate on delivering what you promised the people, leave what I said alone, I know how to fulfil them. You are the ones who gave us a chance to leadership and everyone has a role, there is no supervisor. Let everyone do their job. No one should think that they are my supervisers; you do your work. I will know how to do mine. Let us collaborate,” Ruto said.
“If you are a leader, you should be a role model. You can’t be a leader and then you go to a meeting when you are drunk, you are telling people and children not to be drunkards or not to use drugs and yet you are confused.”
Ruto urged leaders to remain disciplined, noting that their conduct could influence other leaders and citizens.
“Please leaders, I ask you humbly to be disciplined and content; let us understand that many other people are looking up to us, let us mentor other leaders and citizens by behaving responsibly ourselves,” he said.
He also cited Philippians 4:6-7, urging people not to be anxious but to turn to prayer and thanksgiving.
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”
Ruto worshipped with congregants of the Pentecostal Church in Mwatate alongside local leaders.
On Tuesday, Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta hit at President Ruto over his repeated criticism of his administration, telling the Head of State to focus on governing the country instead of blaming him.
Uhuru was speaking during the handover of the Jubilee Party leadership, days after the High Court upheld a law barring retired presidents from holding formal leadership positions in political parties more than six months after leaving office.
The former president questioned why Ruto continued to invoke his name nearly four years into his administration, arguing that the President had been elected to serve Kenyans.
“When court said they won, did you see us fight? We gave them all instruments of power in broad daylight. It was not at night, there was no war,” Uhuru said.
“And after four years, he is still saying Uhuru this, Uhuru that. Were you given leadership so that you continue to talk about Uhuru? Or were you given leadership to serve Kenyans?”
Uhuru said leaders often resorted to finding someone to blame when things were not going as expected, but warned that Kenyans could distinguish between explanations and the reality they were experiencing.
