Deputy President William Ruto and former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo are a study in contrasts: Ruto was the one-time mtu wa mkono when Jirongo was a flamboyant real estate billionaire. Today, Jirongo is broke. Ruto is the real political and financial Kahuna.
Just early this month, Ruto bought Sh10 million worth of goats (half for President Uhuru Kenyatta) at an auction in Kajiado while last week Jirongo needed half that amount to get bail out of the coolers.