No politician with ambitions will accept to be running mate or DP. Deputy president/ deputy governor is a place where political ambitions die. Those are the equivalent of the co-driver/navigator in a rally car. They are there but you don't know what they do. Sonko knows this, do you see him with a deputy?

The vice presidency is “not worth a bucket of warm piss” and “the worst damn fool mistake I ever made.” — John Nance Garner, the 32nd vice president

LONG POST ALERT!!


DP Ruto once said that his wealth is nothing compared to others whose fathers were in power before. It is common knowledge the plunder that took place during old Jomo, Baba Moi's and grand-corruption government of Baba Raila and Mzee baks reign. Children and mothers are dying everyday due to the plunder that took place in the past 50 years. Nairobi county and its environs alone have whole schools(primary and secondary) built in 1/8 plots due to land grabbing. Children are playing under flyovers in Roysambu and Githurai due to lack of playing fields. When it rains whole buildings with over 500 tenants collapse killing hundreds, hospital drugs and equipment bought by taxpapers money are being sold just 10 meters outside level-5 hospitals, pensioners are dying on long queues waiting for their marupurupu etc.

The perceived beneficiaries of past and present corruption are known. People who took and /or grabbed millions of acres of public land and moved from paupers to arrogant billionaires today are known. Others even confessed on national TV that they used to carry millions of stolen money in gunias across Moi avenue etc.

Who stole what and where they stole it from, is well documented in kroll report, Ndung'u report etc. These reports are just a google search away. They are quite bulky in terms of volume and page numbers but a little digging will tell you who the thieves are.

You will be suprised to find out that even erstwhile innocent and clean individuals like former VP's Kalonzo and Mudavadi are beneficiaries of outright abuse of office. Another safi kama pamba guy(Baba) has also been mentioned in Ndung'u report by proxy(Spectre int.).

I am not saying that this justifies Ruto's past malpractices. What i am saying is, let him be the first guy to call a press conference or even confess in church and give details what he owns and how he acquired it.

There is no shame in confessing and asking for forgiveness and off course reimbursing and returning what is owed to the republic.

Once Ruto does this, he should quickly spill the beans and call out everyone else who has stolen and even expose what they stole and let the public be the judge. I am sure Ruto will look like a saint(people have eaten in this country sio mchezo). The long suffering wanjiku will love him for his courage and this move can even disrupt politics in Kenya and the war against corruption as we know it today.

You will be surprised that even the richest folks in this country today are still plundering the limited resources God gracefully bestowed on this Nation. People you cannot even imagine.

For example, Not long ago, there was a scandal at Afya house concerning some small change (Ksh. 5 billion). It was well documented in Newspapers and the then vocal opposition really milked it dry. The names of the beneficiaries are known. If we are serious about corruption let there be no selective amnesia. If we can demolish buildings in Gigiri worth hundreds of millions, we can also demolish whole slums like all the Mukurus behind South B and industrial area and return all that land to Railways or build affordable housing there. We can as well go to Mombasa and return all grabbed land to the public and bring sanity to the rustic coastal city and other highly defiled neighboring counties like Kwale and Kilifi. Ama namna gani??


Ruto should turn the tables on the corruption rhetoric against him by confessing and spilling the beans about everybody else. The sooner the better.

For example he can say in his usual style while meeting and greeting wananchi at Mlango Kubwa hapo Mathare area...

"unaona kale ka plot kadogo pale Lang'ata road, kale ka plot kila saa wanasema Ruto alinyakua oooh sijui Ruto alipiga watoto teargas. Nimekubali nilinyakua na nilipiga watoto teargas, naomba wakenya msamaha na haswa watoto wa langata primary msamaha kwa ubadhirifu wa mali ya umma na kuwapiga teargas. Naomba NLC wabadilishe title deed ya hiyo plot na hoteli irudi kwa wananchi wakenya.....etc He can list others and probably explain how he acquired them....e.g., ile nyumba mmesikia ni yangu pale Mathare North East(this is an example not real)...pale karibu na Kossovo hapo Ghetto...eh ndio...hapo jirani ya mama Ndung'u wa Gicheru...eh hapo.

Ndio ni yangu. Mimi nilichukuwa loan pale bank XYZ. Nikajenga hiyo mjengo, nika katwa mshahara kwa miaka kumi na tano. Hata mkienda bank XYZ mtapata hiyo statement etc....

This should be followed by asking others to do the same...e.g., he can say.......

"Juzi mmesikia eti ile mradi ya serikali ya kujenga barabara ya kuelekea matopeni haiwezi endelea kwa sababu ma bwenyenye flani walinyakua hiyo shamba. Haswa bwana Tumbo na Bi. Tamaa wameenda kortini kusimamisha hiyo mradi. Kila mtu anajua hiyo shamba walinyakua. Ninge penda kuwauliza warudishe hiyo shamba kwa hiari yao ili mradi iendelee ama namna gani??.....
Ni hao hao bwana Tumbo na Bi. Tamaa ambao walikuwa kila siku wan imba wimbo eti Ruto mtoto ya maskini ni mwizi eti mara wakanibatiza jina wakaanza kuni ita eti arap mashamba lakini leo hii wananchi mmejionea nani anafaa kuitwa M'Migunda / ja mashamba / muru wa Migunda / Ole Mashamba / Abdallah bin Mashambah .etc...Kila mtu anajua Bw. Tamaa ni mtoto ya tajiri na baba yake alinyakua takriban wilaya ya mbuzi-wengi nusu. Leo hii ukienda huko mbuzi wengi umuliize hata mtoto mdogo bw. Tumbo alimiliki hiyo shamba kwa njia gani utaambia kuwa ali iba..etc "

Good answer @alma. I read that piece and I was wondering what s wrong with Kenyans! Ati being smaller thief will move them!

I am not vouching for Ruto or Corruption. What i am saying is that let them confess and return what they have taken from Kenyans. If they have been paying taxes then, let them have amnesty of the intrest they owe Kenyans from the profits they have reaped from proceeds of corruption. Ruto can win hearts of Kenyans if he confeses and returns what he has taken and vow not to take what is not his again. This can set a precedent that can work wonders in the fight against corruption

lakini ni maoni tu...comprehension pia ni tofauti

I wager that 90% of 2022 contenders from MCA to President will be known corrupt individuals and Kenyans will still vote for them.Inshallah if Allah so wishes, we shall be here here in wazua debating politics, current issues and corruption. I will not be suprised if Ruto will be president then...

The 'deep analytical thinker' can only be identified if there's a model that can describe the ideal political state and how political actors work to achieve this ideal.

We don't seem to have such a description of an ideal state, even in our criticism against Ruto. The simpler explanation is that Ruto is facing the normal pressure from other political agents and most wazuans support these other agents.

The thiefing stories are propaganda spread strategically in order to finish Ruto's competitiveness. Otherwise the argument against Ruto would apply to most politicians.

In fact, even if it were true that Ruto diverted funds from one public project to another kind of public project, while making profit out of it, it would probably follow that, the actions would not be theft.

Worse the wazuan being Wanjiku, is the wazuan being Wanjiku's misinformer disguised as the thinker...

I cant think of a more appropriate Bill. Lets support #punguzamizigo
Would relish a showdown between the real Bill for mwanachi and the BBI nonsense.

@bigchic, uko wapi ?

Anza then we join.

He won't.

He want's to become President of the Republic of Kenya

It shall NEFA happen with the current constitution.

I know Uhunye reads our crap. Lakini Sudi! Hajui kusoma.

DP Ruto on K24. Very moody & defensive

The way he speaks does not hold Kenya at heart. He was arrogant before the Camera...Dictating the questions he should be asked..Dismissing corruption as propaganda. Arap Mashamba is not serious about this country.