Sky News, “Eyewitness” shows how much youths were paid to attend Raila, Ruto rallies (VIDEO)
Sky News, “Eyewitness” shows how much youths were paid to attend Raila, Ruto final rallies at the Kasarani and Nyayo Stadia respectively.
A report by Sky News dubbed “Eyewitness”, a news outlet based in the UK, revealed how youths were paid to attend final rallies presided over by Azimio flagbearer Raila Odinga and his UDA counterpart William Ruto on Saturday 6, August.
Sky News correspondent Yousra Elbagir trailed a group of four youths on Saturday, August 6, who attended both rallies.
In their UDA-branded t-shirts, the youths arrived at the Nyanyo stadium, with whistles in their mouths and Ruto’s posters in their hands.
However, they left the stadium shortly after and informed Elbagir that they had to be elsewhere.
“We are hustling. We were paid by political brokers between Ksh500 -1,000 to attend this rally,” stated Sylvester, the leader of the group.
The four left and headed towards Thika Road, where the Azimio rally was scheduled to take place. However, they alighted a kilometre away from the venue as a security measure.
Sylvester added that in order to prevent confrontation with Raila fans, they needed to remove the UDA-branded apparel at a safe distance from Kasarani.
He also disclosed how much they were paid to attend the rally.
“When you encounter an opposing side, you have to be very cautious. Everybody wants money; we were paid Ksh1,500 to attend this rally,” he narrated.
The youth stated that they were just trying to put food on their table owing to the biting economic situation in the country.
In addition, they reckoned that attendance in rallies did not relate to how they would vote.
“When you are offered money, you cannot refuse to take it but at the end of the day, we know where our passion and votes lie,” he stated.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) limited the campaigns to 48 hours before the August 9 general election, and Saturday, August 6, was the final campaign day.
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