8 photos of an ashy and worn out DP that will earn him sympathy votes in 2022

Martin Oduor

November 18, 2016 11:12 AM

From selling chicken by a railway line to Kenya’s second most powerful man, DP William Ruto is perhaps the only senior politician who started from the bottom.

DP Ruto’s political career started in 1992 when he joined other budding politicians to rally support for retired President Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi in a movement dubbed ‘Youth for KANU’.

Unlike President Uhuru Kenyatta and Cord Leader Raila Odinga who inherited political dynasties, William Ruto came from a poor family and he had to struggle to forge his path into the political circles, he didn’t have a political godfather nor money to bankroll his political ambitions.

But before he started his political career, DP Ruto did all sort of dirty jobs just to make ends meet. He sold chicken and eggs by a railway line in Eldoret, and he was also a preacher.

Many have asked why the DP ‘ditched’ spreading the gospel for politics but Ruto has always maintained he is still a very religious man despite being linked to numerous scandals eg. Maize scandal, land grabbing, 2007/2008 post election violence etc.

Photos of the Deputy President reveal the kind of life he used to live before he finally had a breakthrough.

The photos will perhaps earn him sympathy votes on his 2022 presidential bid because Ruto is simply the personification of hope; he rose from being a nobody to Kenya’s second most powerful man.

Martin Oduor