Boda Boda rider who endorsed Ruto’s candidature laments over unfulfilled promise
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Calvin Ochieng Boda Boda rider who endorsed Ruto's candidature during the 2022 elections laments over unfulfilled promise of Ksh 10m
Calvin Ochieng Boda Boda rider who endorsed Ruto’s candidature during the 2022 elections laments over unfulfilled promise of Ksh 10m.
The Nairobi-based boda rider in an interview on Friday voiced his displeasure with the claim being disseminated by Ruto’s close allies that he has been paid Ksh 10m.
He noted that the claims had put him in an uncomfortable position as most of his friends have been constantly borrowing money from him thinking he is loaded.
Ochieng did not, however, disclose the identities of Ruto’s allies.
“Some people have surrounded you (Ruto) and their work is to go around and claim that I was given Ksh10 million. Do I look like someone who was given Ksh10 million?” Ochieng posed.
“I have never heard the President say that he has given me Ksh10 million. Why are they saying that now and causing a rift between me and my colleagues?”
The boda boda rider also beseeched the President to keep his word to boda boda riders, bemoaning the policies of the government that, in his view, have driven up living expenses, particularly the cost of fuel.
Ochieng advised the President to convene a meeting with players in the sector and fulfil his promise of involving them in the running of his administration.
He contended that after Ruto’s victory in the 2022 elections, the government had abandoned the sector.
However, he maintained that he occasionally talks to the President.
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“We used to sing hatupangwingwi and you used to sit on my motorbike. I could even accompany you in your car. Nowadays, I am not even invited for the public holidays,” he stated.
“I do not know what the problem is and people are even asking me the same.”
Ochieng is the second hustler to complain about being sidelined by the President after winning the State House race.
Kiambu businesswoman Pauline Waithera, who also seconded Ruto’s candidature lamented that she has been left in the cold.
However, days later, after having an interview with the media in June, she recanted her statement claiming that she maintains a good relationship with President Ruto.
“Ruto has been my friend since 2013. I have loved him since then, people don’t know why I came to love Ruto,” she stated.
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