The story of Deputy President William Ruto being a chicken seller has been re-told probably a million times, there is however an untold dream he harbored as hawked kuku kienyeji on the Great North Road.
Speaking on April 16, Ruto narrated that his self-proclaimed ‘hustler’ tag was no walk in the park as he struggled to make ends meet during his formative years.
He disclosed that having sold chicken by the railway line for years, all he ever wanted, at the time was to be a train driver.
“Mkiskia mimi nikisema mambo ya hustler sio mzaha na sio mchezo. Munanielewa? Mimi 1978,’79, ‘80 mimi nilikua nauza kuku,na kuku siku hio ilikua kati ya Sh12 na Sh14. Munanilewa? Ndio mujue Mungu ni wa maajabu. Na siku hio yaani ata sikuamini nitakua mtu. Yaani ile nilikua nafikiria kabisa ati ku kua driver wa gari la moshi.
"Hapo ndipo nilikua nimejipanga kwa sababu upande nilikua nauza kuku ilikua karibu na reli. Sasa nilikua naona ikitembea nikasema siku moja hii kitu nitakuja kuendesha na naendesha biashara yangu hapo ya kuuza kuku,” said Ruto.
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Back to Uasin Gishu
On April 21st, 2018, the DP was the chief guest at the infamous Kamagut Chicken Auction located in Kambi Kuku, Uasin Gishu County.
Flanked by Senate Majority leader Kipchumba Kurkomen and Uasin Gishu Governor Jackson Mandago among others, Ruto relieved his heydays in an event that saw the auctioning of 5,000 chicken.
Sh6 million was raised translating to an overall price of Sh1200 per chicken.
