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VIDEO: DP Ruto Pledges Seriousness in ‘Tanga Tanga’ Role

VIDEO: DP Ruto Pledges Seriousness in 'Tanga Tanga' Role
VIDEO: DP Ruto Pledges Seriousness in ‘Tanga Tanga’ Role

NAIROBI, Kenya, June 2 โ€“ Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday made light of President Uhuru Kenyattaโ€™s statement over his frequent tours across the country that generated mixed reactions on social media.

While speaking at the burial of Virginia Ciarรนnji Njoka, mother to National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi in Embu, Ruto thanked his boss for allowing him to inspect development projects in the country, as the government strives to deliver on its development agenda.

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โ€œFor the permission you gave me, and the order, I want to report that the Mathathari-Shiakago-Ugweri road has been completed,โ€ he said amid laughter.

In a quick rejoinder, President Kenyatta while ordering the Ministry of Education to build a science laboratory at a local school in honour of Muturiโ€™s late mother humorously said that his deputy will inspect the institution to confirm that the job has been done.

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โ€œIโ€™ve heard that thereโ€™s an institution here where Speaker Muturi schooled that has no laboratory. I want the Education Cabinet Secretary to make sure that the laboratory is constructed so that while William is touring and โ€˜loiteringโ€™ around here, he can check that it is complete,โ€ he remarked.

Kenyattaโ€™s statement on Rutoโ€™s visits across the country had attracted mixed reactions with some interpreting it as a rebuke, especially when he used the Swahili word โ€œtanga tangaโ€ which is used interchangeably with another Swahili word โ€œzururaโ€ translated to mean loitering.

โ€œThis young man called Ruto moves around the entire country every weekend. He will be passing by here so if you see something amiss let him know so that we ensure citizens are served,โ€ the Head of State had said on Wednesday even as he issued a stern warning to contractors delaying the completion of road projects.

Kenyatta was speaking during a stopover shortly after issuing 50,000 title deeds to landowners at Jacaranda Grounds in Embakasi East where he announced the allocation of Sh4 billion for construction of roads in the area.

 

Those familiar with President Kenyattaโ€™s use of the national language, however, read no ill-will in his remarks on Rutoโ€™s countrywide tours.

In April 2014 for instance, President Kenyatta while departing from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to attend the 4th Africa-European Union Summit in Belgium had used similar words to caution top government officials of their safety at a time of increased terror attacks in the country.

โ€œThese terrorists must know weโ€™re not playing games. Tell all these people, even your wife Rachel to stop moving around because we will deal firmly with these terrorists,โ€ he told the Deputy President at the time before departing for Brussels.ย 

Byย JEREMIAH WAKAYA

Source-capitalfm.co.ke

VIDEO: DP Ruto Pledges Seriousness in ‘Tanga Tanga’ Role

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