President William Ruto has come out guns blazing to respond to the opposition over their remarks on the state of the economy which they have constantly, in their numerous political rallies, termed as deplorable.

President Ruto, speaking in Mombasa on Friday, with his shirt sleeves folded as if to detonate the hard work he has been up to, proudly declared that he has successfully managed to stabilise the economy.

The Head of State threw blame on the perceived mess he found of the economy when he got into office to his predecessor’s modus operandi, stating that he however made fixing it the first item on his in-tray.

“My first assignment the last five months was to consolidate and stabilise the economy of our country that had been battered by reckless borrowing and unnecessary subsidies,” he said in an address during the launch of the Taifa Gas plant in Dogo Kundu.

“That is why today the economy of Kenya has stabilised, and I want to assure all our citizens that we will not go back to reckless borrowing, we will not go back to subsidies that benefit brokers, cartels, and people who are politically correct.”

The President went ahead to state that, after sorting out the economy as he insists he has, he is now moving to something else more urgent; the high cost of living.

He expressed confidence at reducing the cost of living, and permanently at that, practically telling Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party leader Raila Odinga to sod off – in the process - over his recent threats to call for mass action within 14 days over the same.

Ruto also lashed out at Mr. Odinga for not implementing his ideas on lowering the cost of living as well as the economy during his ‘handshake’ period with former President Uhuru Kenyatta, further blaming the two for the state the country is in presently.

“We’re going to promote, instead, production, and that is why 4.5 million farmers today are accessing fertilizer that we have subsidised as government so that we can support our production and eliminate the challenges of high cost of living. We’re on that trajectory, there is no need for others to threaten others with demonstrations. You had 5 years of the handshake shenanigans, and that is the reason why the cost of living is where it is today,” said the President.

“I have stabilised the economy, I am now dealing with cost of living. And we’re not dealing with it on a short-term basis; we’re dealing with it in a sustainable manner. The fellows on the other side are not going to give us any lectures or any lessons because they have none to give. If they had any ideas, they had 5 years to implement and they did not.”