Deputy President William Ruto hit back at ODM leader Raila Odinga over his tweet about ‘hustling.’
Odinga, through Twitter on Thursday, noted that the looting of public resources in Kenya was now being referred to as hustling while the dismissal of corrupt and incompetent government officials is being called “targeting our people.”
“The theft of public resources is now called hustling. The sacking of corrupt and incompetent individuals is now called targeting our people. Changing this pattern of events is not going to be easy. But it must and has to be done or we will have no nation to save,” Raila wrote.
Odinga’s message appeared to be directed to DP Ruto, who has branded himself as a ‘hustler.’
Responding to Odinga’s post via Twitter on Friday night, DP Ruto slammed the ODM leader, accusing him of looking down on hustlers because he is the son of a Vice President.
“Tinga, the privilege being VP’s son is no license for you to insult hustlers. Kenyans hustling as bodabodas, hawkers, traders, small SME’s, are NOT thieves but decent hard-working citizens deserving RESPECT,” Ruto tweeted.
He added: “Ama mtoto wa maskini akipata ameiba, lakini wa tajiri akiiba ni biashara.”
William Ruto is a thief, a…
William Ruto is a thief, a liar and murderer.
@guest – thank you for…
@guest – thank you for calling out Ruto!!
The DP Ruto is merely…
The DP Ruto is merely insulting all the hard working people of Kenya by calling them “hustlers”. Ruto uses the term “hustler” as an excuse for his stealing, and to lie to others that he is like them. Are all Kenyans thieves like Ruto!? No!!
Ruto uses other terms like “targeting our people” when those associated with him are caught stealing from the public coffers (eg Rotich, Echesa, Kiunjuri, Waititu, Didi, Sudi), and those who gets fired for being incompetent.
Ruto gets offended when current thieves get arrested because the arrest rings bells within his circle of corrupt friends.
Kenyans must surely understand that Ruto uses those terms to insult their level of intelligent and to blindside them from his corrupt nature.
Ruto is responding to Raila’s “hustler” message because he is very scared of the truth Raila is speaking.
Every body in the world knows that Ruto is the biggest thief that ever lived in Kenya!
Ruto needs to stop using the insulting term “hustler” because he is just a thief that wants to rope all the hard working Kenyans into a group of thieves he refers to as “ hustler”.
Ruto’s lack of knowledge of…
Ruto’s lack of knowledge of Kenya’s history is appalling.
Ruto – we haven’t forgotten about the time you and Jirongo were printing money and “hustling” it.
These guys & ladies who have…
These guys & ladies who have commented above are surely refugees in diaspora. Kila siku Ruto, kwani mwizaliwa na punda? Dp. Ruto (Hustler Menyewe) will be the 5th president of the Republic! Most of you are hoping for vita, so you can lie and claim refugee status for your squarters relatives. Kenyatta family took all your shambas, and Raila took away the molasses and left you dry and poor as dirt! Wajinga nyinyi! Kila siku Ruto this! Ruto that!-labbish aka rubbish!
Truth hurts. Thieves won’t…
Truth hurts. Thieves won’t rule Kenya. Moi was the last one
@bowen – the high tides have…
@bowen – the high tides have now move to the higher grounds while your Ruto is at ground zero.
He has no reliable message for the ordinary folks; they have come to know that Ruto is a “ hustler” for himself and the other thieves who follow him around but are known conmen – Waititu, Rotich, Kiunjuri, MP Kuria, Senator Murkomen, Alice Gitau, Wahome, etc. Why do you think that Ruto finds cover in everyone who is tainted with graft? Simply because he is the high priest of graft and corruption!
Ruto himself acknowledged that he will not run for president because he knows the clouds have engulfed him with darkness.
I will deposit a lot of some high quality currency to any Bank world wide that Ruto will never be a president anywhere. Kenyans can not entrust a wolf with the flock of sheep! He is too corrupt to lead Kenyans!