VIDEO: Angry Atwoli Smashes Phone over Echesa and DP Ruto’s Saga
Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary-Generalย Francis Atwoli dramatically smashedย his phone on the ground during addressing a press conference in Nairobi.
In a video published by theย Daily Nation on Monday, March 9, Atwoli is hurling his phone on the ground when addressing allegations aroundย ex-CS Rashid Echesa’s visit to DP William Ruto’s office.
Addressing the press, Atwoli lamented that in the era of ‘roaming phones’, the Deputy President had been lying to Kenyans about being unaware ofย Echesa’s visit in his Harambee Annex office.
“The DP wants to tell us that Echesa and other foreigners were in his office more than 1 hour and 22 minutes and no one told him that they were in his office…yet that is the second-highest office in the land?” he posed before invoking his infamous ‘Washenzi’ refrain.
“Hiyo ni mambo ya washenzi hayo!ย (that is stupidity!),” he barks as he hurls his phone across the room to the bewilderment of his media audience.
There is laughter in the room as his colleagues on the table facing the media fidget, visibly disturbed by the abrupt turn of events.
Atwoli furtherย escalatesย the row between him and the Deputy Presidentย appearingย to connect him with the murder of the late Sergeant Kipyegon Kenei who was attached to the DP’s office
“He [DP Ruto] goes ahead to lie to the mourning family of the deceased police officer at the funeral and asks for a slot to address the crowd. Shame!” he adds.
This is not the first time that Atwoli is resorting to such antics to get his message across.
During a show with Jeff Koinange onย Citizen TVย on October 23, 2019, the firebrand workers’ union bossย flung his iPhone 11 pro max across the studio.
Koinange attempted to catch it midair, but it zoomed past him and hit the other side of the studio with a resounding thud.
Atwoli is one of the biggest critics of DP Ruto’s 2022 presidential bid, and has been on record several times swearing that the DP will not be president in 2022.
Source-kenyans.co.ke