On Monday, July 18, Deputy President William Ruto took the Kenya Kwanza Alliance presidential campaigns in Gikomba market, Nairobi County.
The 2022 presidential front runner was accompanied by Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja and other politicians allied to Kenya Kwanza Alliance.
The Kenya Kwanza Alliance brigade used the time to bash Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition party leader Raila Odinga for saying that second-hand clothes were previously owned by people who are dead.
In a move aimed at not only defending mitumba traders but also supporting their hustler, William Ruto bought a second-hand jacket for KSh20,000.
A trader who had attended the Kenya Kwanza Alliance political rally tried to sell the jacket to Ruto.
The second in command immediately took the microphone and started bargaining for the green jacket.
“Wacha sasa tupige bei. Hii ni ngapi (Let’s negotiate. How much are you selling this one for?” Ruto, who is gunning for the presidency on a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ticket ahead of the August 2022 polls posed.
The lady asked for KSh2,000 for the short-sleeved jacket upon which the former Agriculture Minister jokingly said it was much.
“Apana elfu mbili ni mingi. Bei ya jioni, huyu mama anataka kuninyoa bila maji, mimi nimechanuka bana usinione hivi (KSh2,000 is so much. Give me a good price because it is getting late. This lady (seller) wants to shave me without water. I am woke, don’t think I am naive. That’s too much),” Ruto said.
The seller then offered a KSh 500 discount and the deputy president responded, to the surprise and excitement of many, by reaching his pocket and handing out KSh 20,0000.
“Take this. Use it to improve your business,” William Ruto said as the crowd cheered.
