President Ruto Announces Kenya to make ‘own Mercedes Benz’
President Ruto announces Kenya to make ‘own Mercedes Benz’ :President William Ruto on Monday asserted that Kenya will produce a locally made high-quality car similar to the German luxury vehicle maker Mercedes-Benz.
The president was speaking during the commissioning of the Cemtech Limited clinker plant in West Pokot, where he rubbished some people who underestimate locally-made products.
Ruto stated, “I hear some people tell me sometimes, Mr President, goods manufactured in Kenya are not of very high quality, and I tell them it is better we drive a Datsun made in Kenya than a Rolls-Royce made elsewhere,”
The president also referred to Kenya’s only home-grown automaker Mobius Motors whose first car was unveiled in 2014.
He stated,”Slowly, we are going to make our own Mercedes. We will slowly refine ours until we are there.”
“My countrymen and women, we must believe in ourselves and our country… We cannot continue to be slaves of other people merely because we do not want to make the hard decisions and invest in our own country,”
He added: Local manufacturing of steel and clinker has saved the country foreign exchange to the tune of $500 million every year. The Devki Group remits Ksh2B every month in the form of taxes to Kenya. He also pays Ksh 1 billion every month to Kenya Power; that level of commitment, investment, and paying taxes demonstrates immeasurable patriotism for the country.
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