Deputy President William Ruto says the “stupidity of ethnicity” is the reason why 50% of the Kenyan population lives in poverty while 16 million people are unemployed.
Ruto through a post on Twitter described the conversation about the ‘hustler’ as an indication of political revolution in Kenya. He was reacting to a newspaper story titled “Ruto and Raila Clash over Hustler Narrative.”
“Finally we have the conversation of our lifetime: the hustler. Until now our politics was hostage to the stupidity of ethnicity/our person. Which is the reason why almost half of Kenyans live in poverty &16m are jobless. The tribeless hustler imperative is a revolution in our politics,” Ruto tweeted.
Over the weekend, Ruto and Raila traded words over the former’s use of the term hustler to endear himself to voters ahead of the 2022 presidential election.
Odinga indicated that there is nothing special with Ruto calling himself a ‘hustler’, saying that the first three Kenyan presidents—Kenyatta, Moi, and Kibaki—came from humble backgrounds.
“I’m the son of the late Jaramogi Odinga, his father was a peasant, look at all the Kenyan presidents, Kenyatta, Kibaki and Moi, they all began poor, they were all hustlers,” Raila said, adding that leaders should focus on selling their agenda to the electorate.
In response to Odinga, Ruto said: “Now that the country is in agreement that Kenya is a hustling nation, leaders should respect the hustle of every single Kenyan.”
No Ruto ! Stop lying in a…
No Ruto ! Stop lying in a broad day light! The 95% of ordinary Kenyans live in poverty because you, the high prince of corruption have stolen enough from the government coffers to a point nothing is left to cater to the needs of ordinary Kenyans!
Stop diverting attention from the glaring problem of theft of our resources to ethnicity! Kenya’s ethnicity if a force multiplier and should be respected for every one to live in harmony and peacefully.
Kenyans of all walks of life want to have services provided to them and they rarely think in terms of ethnicity! It is you Mr. DP that is making every effort to divide Kenyans in terms of tribes so you can easily conquer them with your stupid poverty driven hustler narrative!
A case in point; when you as Ruto steal, it is not your whole kalenjin tribe that is stealing. You put your ethnic group at risk when you steal from Arrow and Kimwerer dams!
You are spreading a stupid negative hustler narrative by lying to the people that they are poor because of the 44 tribes in Kenya! Shame on you!
wow Seroney once did you…
wow Seroney once did you figure its 95%, did you carry our a survey to come-up with that gallop poll? As much as l would like want to try and agree with you on stealing but now reached a point where l have stop and decided Kenyan voters and you included are the thieves and corrupt. You elected this leaders so who is the first thieves the voter because they stole from themselves good leaders who l do know who they are because African we have a problem. So you keep pointing finger to this Ruto man unless you are the one ferrying the money and also helping in steal of the land. Any person who keep saying this man is a thief let all meet in Milimani court this Friday with all the evidence and l will help in presenting the report in court, Deal or No Deal!!!. Let stop calling Ruto a thief, everyone is a thief in Kenya and l mean all even the poor who have nothing because they stole from thelves by electing thugs in government.
@gaki – I have never voted…
@gaki – I have never voted for a thief! I love Kenya more than I love those thieves.
Most of those thieves originate from my region plus your region and other areas! I have never stolen anything from the people of the Republic of Kenya! I work extra hard to earn a clean life!
That is why I speak about corruption without fear or favor! I talk about MP Moses kuria in the same measure I talk about DP Ruto!
Both of them and others have enriched themselves stealing from our coffers! We must learn to call a spade a spade! Kenya would so better off if politicians did not steal! So @ Haji, I challenge you to tell me what I have stolen from Kenya and the ordinary Kenyans; and I will be glad to pay back in X 10.
You get the message @gaki!…
You get the message @gaki! Don’t you? Less than 10% of Kenya’s population enjoy the fruits of inference! The rest are still struggling to find out what/where their shared benefits are!
And by the way do you know…
And by the way do you know enthincity is the mother of corruption?
DP Ruto is the most…
DP Ruto is the most unfortunate politician Kenya has ever had in the 58 years of independence!
He is a very divisive character who always knocks the average Kenyans down with dire subliminal dark messages instead of finding a positive message which can keep hope alive to all Kenyans!
Ruto is all about Ruto and his stolen riches! It is all about Ruto and his fancied dreams of being the president of Kenya so he can protect himself and continue with the largesse if stealing from our coffers! Kenyans be ware of this most corrupt politician!
It’s because of thieves and…
It’s because of thieves and rats in high places. How much are you worth? What is the source of your wealth? We know the devil when we see him.
I fail to understand when…
I fail to understand when people talk about some people being corrupt. I would challenge anybody to pinpoint any politician in Kenya who is clean interms corruption.
But ruto is the worst thief…
But ruto is the worst thief of them all. He does not have to rub his nonsense on us by calling us hustlers! The bitch has never hustled for anything when he is blatantly stealing our money!
Come on, all Kenyan leaders…
Come on, all Kenyan leaders have been stealing since 1963.Seroney, it’s not just one person who is corrupt, but all the leaders.
We just need to get rid of…
We just need to get rid of all thieves – from Ruto to the smallest thief (a cop who gets bribed on the road) etc!
Can you explain for a moment…
Can you explain for a moment how Raila who is not a thief built a 1.2 billion shillings house?
A thief can never be a…
A thief can never be a leader! Leaders do not steal; they take care of those they are tasked to serve.
DP RUTO, shut the hell up…
DP RUTO, shut the hell up.
Kenyans live in poverty because of greed created by the founding fathers.
Corruption started with JOMO KENYATTA, MOI perfected it and then MOI school all of you and now you guys are Grandmasters of the game.
SO PLEASE RETURN ALL THE MONEY YOU HAVE STOLEN AND AT LEAST 50% WILL NOT BE IN POVERTY.
Ruto has stolen more than…
Ruto has stolen more than the all the politicians since independence! The man look like a polia and can’t be trusted!
Umaskini Kenya: Poverty in…
Umaskini Kenya: Poverty in Kenya
1. Uroho usio na mwisho.
Endless greed
2. Utajiri wa kuficha pesa nje ya Kenya
Personal wealth kept in foreign banks
Ukosefu wa kujenga viwanda ili vijana wapate ajira
3. Lack of building industries that can create the employment for the youth
4. Mahakama inayowaogopa viongozi wanapovunja sheria
A judiciary afraid of convicting leaders when they break the law
5. Hongo na rushwa kukubaliwa nchini kama jambo la kawaida
Normalized bribery and corruption in the nation
6. Idara ya Matiang’i (askari polisi) imeshindwa kuwazuia polisi na tabia yao mbaya ya kuuliza wananchi na mambo yao ya “toa kitu kidogo.”
Matiang’i’s internal security office has failed to tame the members of the police force from their bad habits of soliciting bribes from the common citizen.
The Lord of ethnicity and…
The Lord of ethnicity and tribal crashes, so knew this all along? That’s why you led the effort to kick the Kikuyus out of the Rift Valley to impoverish them? What have you done for the poor in the many years you have been in government other than making them poor by stealing their money while pretending to be a hustler like many of us. Shame on you Ruto!
Only a stupid idiot can vote…
Only a stupid idiot can vote for Ruto! The rest of the story is vote for Ruto and Kenya will die and be buried in the Indian Ocean because of corruption and theft!
Ruto will sell all of you,…
Ruto will sell all of you, Kenya, wife and his children to China. Then he will marry a Chinese woman and run away to Siberia! The dude is just greedy for money!
Ruto will always be…
Ruto will always be remembered as a politician who consistently divided Kenyans along the tribal and political groupings!
He does not like to see Kenyans United and living in peace because divisions benefit his cheap hustler narrative which is a doctrine driven by poverty of the masses!
Sad to say that when Ruto talks of ethnicity, he is simply presenting the leadership style that he has practiced since YK92! It is about time folks wake up and reject Ruto for any meaningful leadership position.
I somehow agree with Ruto…
I somehow agree with Ruto like him or hate him.He mite be corrupt but truly only an idiot who don’t understand where Ruto is coming from.Rich girl they corrupt families have continued to steal,cause chaos into our country since 1963 to continue enriching themselves so the Kenyans can continue bin poor?First for me 2023 lets get rid of Ruto/ondingas/kenyattas/madividi/wentangui/oparanyas from our politicians n elect somebody like Ekuru Aokot or Martha karua otherwise we the kenyan stupid poor idiots b ready to continue bin F’up by the so called leaders we vote for mpaka ile time tutashika vichwa.Wanjinga ni sisi sio wao.Look stupid poor idiot supporting bbi knowing very well it won’t change their lifestyle ni raila family want to continue in power
Ruto has been in government…
Ruto has been in government since the 1990s! Did he just wake up to realize there are poor folks? Theft and corruption create the biggest gap in economic development.
Ruto has been the most corrupt politician and a thief. He should stop insulting Kenyans with a hustler tag while he has been the biggest contributor of everything GE is talking about.
And on top of it, Ruto is now talking about 16 million unemployed Kenyans and he is the DP of the same government?
Where has this foolish idiot been to not see the unemployment coming? Ruto does not need to rub the pains on Kenyans while he has been the root cause of the problems Kenyans are going through!
Ruto is the biggest…
Ruto is the biggest tribalist and the largest ethnicity slay queen in Kenya.
I wish I could slap him across his dirty mouth to shut this fucking asshole up!
He mskes me sick whenever he opens his shitty mouth to insult Kenyans with the hustler narrative! He thinks ordinary Kenyans are stupid! Go to hell you thief!
I agree with Mkenya halisi,…
I agree with Mkenya halisi, get rid of Ruto’s, Mudavadi, Odinga, Kenyatta in 2023
You have drained the…
You have drained the national granary and you call people stupid ? Fork Jembe wewe?
@ruto – kindly stop…
@ruto – kindly stop programming the minds of our children with the ethnicity narrative nonsense while you are the worst tribal kingpin known here on earth and in Heaven!
May God smite your dirty evil tongue as you try to push for a divisive political narrative to His feeble children!
All you want is to divide more like you did in 2007 so you can kill in one basket like you did in Kiambaa church! Our scars are yet fresh and here you are reminding us of your evil deeds?
Moses Kuria – I saw you in church with Ruto on Sunday! Where were you when he cooked our children with brimstone and fire in 2007? Stop selling us short for your greedy stomach; you idiotic traitor! God should have take you with the covid19!
Kuria and Kiunjuri have become the worst liars about Ruto to our boys! Are you men or some little uncircumcised boys who don’t know the value of speaking the truth? Is life all about you two lonely men following a God forsaken man while you know the dark truth of his evil actions?
Ruto is cursed lonely man! He killed our children in 2007, and he will do it again in 2022 if given another chance! I get jittery st the mention of Ruto’s name! We do not need a murderer and a thief for a president!