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Big shots Rigathi, Murkomen, Kuria, Ichung'wah give 'hustlers' cash at Hustler Fund launch

President William Ruto during the launch of Hustlers Fund at Green Park Bus Terminus, Nairobi on Wednesday, November 30 2022. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Hustlers who had convened at the Green Park Bus Terminus in Nairobi on Wednesday, November 30, for the launch of Hustlers Fund had a reason to smile after government big shots gifted them hundreds of thousands of shillings.

Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen and Majority Leader in the National Assembly Kimani Ichung'wah gave a boda boda rider Sh200,000 to buy his own motorcycle after he said that the money he was making in a day was too little to feed his family.

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