{"id":2593,"date":"2026-01-04T11:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T11:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/2593\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T11:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T11:40:07","slug":"ruto-wont-take-us-to-singapore-but-he-can-alter-kenyas-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/2593\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruto won&#8217;t take us to Singapore, but he can alter Kenya&#8217;s course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/6cw7MUrudycIGVtkWriMQR3ot8Up9F7rbnqqGHFM.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nPresident William Ruto with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Loong at State House, Nairobi. [PCS]<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\">One of the most prominent recent promises by President William Ruto is his vision to transform Kenya into a first world country, developed and industrialised economy. It is a vision that has resonated well with Kenyans, given the rising expectations of better services and a higher quality of life.\n<\/p>\n<p>He has often stated he will take us to &#8216;Singapore&#8217;. It is a phrase that stirs emotions, since every Kenyan aspires to live better than their parents, and to a nation that Kenya\u2019s place is not in the global South. But is it realistic?<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Uncover the stories others won\u2019t tell. Subscribe now for exclusive access\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    Unlimited access to all premium content<br \/>\n                    Uninterrupted ad-free browsing experience<br \/>\n                    Mobile-optimized reading experience<br \/>\n                    Weekly Newsletters<br \/>\n                    MPesa, Airtel Money and Cards accepted<\/p>\n<p>                                <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va0PRAYGk1Fo4ODHAg0b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Follow The Standard<br \/>\n                                    channel<br \/>\n                                    on WhatsApp<\/a><br \/>\n                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President William Ruto with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Loong at State House, Nairobi. [PCS] One of the most&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[80,2380,469,2381],"class_list":{"0":"post-2593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-kenya","9":"tag-kenya-vs-singaporesingapore-dream","10":"tag-president-william-ruto","11":"tag-singapore-model"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}