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Elder Lister
Pale village the most punishing crime ilikuwanga wizi. Ungepata kamzee kanaishi solo with little interactions with the other villagers alafu ukiulizia unaskia ati kaliiba kitu fulani. Funny thing is, hiyo wizi ilifanyika kitambo kakiwa bado kijana lakini that stigma inakafuata hadi old age. In some cases unapata it was so long ago ata watu hawakumbuki ni nini exactly kaliiba. Usually, such characters would remain isolated and unmarried since no family would be willing to give their daughter to an outcast. For those who were courageous enough, the solution was to shift to the city or some other distant village where their bad reputation would not follow them.
Hii story naitoa juu ya huyu jamaa anaitwa Ruto. This man was caught stealing from Kenyans through the Adani airport deal, the Adani power transmission deal, the SHA program, and the fertilizer program. With the thief label hanging around his neck, his reputation is ruined permanently. Nothing he does would convinced anyone that he means well. Just like in the village, once you were labelled a thief, nothing else mattered. Sasa ameanza games za kununua disputed land using government money. In the Cheluget case, the man Cheluget grabbed 6000 acres of Maasai land in the early 1970s but was never able to use it because the local occupants resisted. Now Ruto wants to compensate the Cheluget family for the land so that it can be distributed to locals who have always owned the land.
Ruto is a collection of the worst traits in Kenyan political leadership and if he is not stopped, he will stop the country.