Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua impressed his boss President William Ruto after he gave a 40-second speech.
In what is considered to be the shortest speech since ascending to the second most powerful office on the land, Gachagua said he dint have much to say.
The second in command acknowledged President William Ruto’s effort to ensure that the country is peaceful and productive.
He said he had no words for politics since the country was peaceful and that the businesses had fully resumed after the opposition leader had suspended the weekly protests.
“Your Excellency, I don’t have much to say today… When Kenya is peaceful, business is uninterrupted and Kenyans are busy, I don’t have much to say,” the DP said.
The former Mathira MP was speaking on Tuesday, April 4, during the official opening ceremony of the social protection conference, 2023 at the Kenya School of Government in Lower Kabete.
President William Ruto who was also in attendance was seen impressed by the DP’s shortest speech.
He then went straight and welcomed his boss to make his remarks.
“It is now my privilege to ask you to be upstanding as I invite His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya, Dr. William Ruto,” Gachagua added amid laughter and shock from the audience.
In his opening remarks, the Head of State acknowledged his Deputy’s offer not to make a long speech.
Addressing a social protection conference in Nairobi, the president said that beneficiaries of social protection programs will be getting their money before public servants earn their salaries.
“I have given instructions that from June 1, before public servants earn their salaries, cash transfer money will be paid. It is the right and moral thing to do,” the President said.
