Picture this, pale kwako useme you are implementing austerity measures
No chai ya maziwa and only protein available is eggs to cut cost. Then wewe kila jioni unakuja ukinuka nyama na toothpick kwa mdomo
You see how absurd that is?
I've heard Prof Ndungu's views on Ruto overrunning government institutions. I experienced it firsthand when I was the Chair of IPOA while he was the Deputy President. He called me early one morning, threatening that if IPOA didn't comply, he and Uhuru would treat us as they did the opposition. I told him to proceed. I don't understand why people in institutions fear a single man just because he's President ,but he's not God. We're all mortal. As the Romans would say 'Memento mori'
Anyway, here's Ngลฉgi wa Thiong'o explaining the origin of certain commonplace Kikuyu insults in "Dreams in a Time of War."
Tell me again how the N-word is an American experience that doesn't mean much to Africans.
("bugger" btw, is an equivalent to the F-slur jsyk).
Ruto can read all the reports, charts and manufactured data he wants, but the real economy is on the ground, where businesses are closing, taxes are choking traders and families are struggling to survive.
His investor-confidence jaba cannot rhyme with empty shops, collapsing businesses, job losses and Kenyans whose incomes disappear before meeting basic needs.
You cannot govern through PowerPoint presentations when the country outside State House is suffocating.
A lot of Kenyans - and even Africans - don't like William Ruto. I think it's because they don't properly know him, and who he really is in his heart.
So here are some facts that may change your mind, and help you understand why he's the bestest ever.
A THREAD.
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