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William Ruto’s chicken-egg analogy beats hustler-dynasty script hands down

Deputy President William Ruto holds a chicken during the Kambi Kuku Auction at Kambi Kuku, Turbo Constituency, Uasin Gishu County [DPPS]

Good morning Dr William Ruto, the indefatigable Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya. When I call you Man Ruto, or even Man from Sugoi, I do not mean to diminish or question your achievements, especially given the recent insinuations by Raphael Tuju & Co., the Jubilee Minister-Without-Portfolio.

Tuju made it sound like your outstanding academic qualification wasn’t fully earned, although we did catch glimpses of you hopping off choppers to go on field assignments. Heck, that’s one hell of achievement – you must be the only student in the world who goes to the field in his own chopper!

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