President William Ruto launched a sharp verbal attack against his political rivals during a development tour in Western Kenya, deviating from his usual focus on development projects to engage in combative rhetoric.

• President Ruto described opposition leaders with a series of harsh insults, including "fools, murderers, charlatans, brainless, idiots, conmen, fraudsters, and scavengers."
• He specifically targeted opposition leaders by questioning their leadership capabilities and personal lives, accusing one of inheriting a political seat and another of murder and manipulating a will.
• The President also addressed the controversy surrounding Nairobi Hospital, defending his involvement and accusing certain individuals of aiming to "run down the facility."