Ruto serves chapatis at Toi Primary School days after meal made him viral
Just two days after becoming a trending topic across social media in the country following his promise to purchase a machine capable of producing one million chapatis per day, President William Ruto has impressed students at Toi Primary School in Nairobi by personally serving them the meal.
In a video shared on his Facebook page on Thursday, March 13, 2025, the Head of State, who had visited the school as part of his fourth day of his Nairobi tour, is seen serving chapatis to students alongside other politicians, including his deputy, Abraham Kithure Kindiki, and Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja.
The chapatis were neatly arranged in a large sufuria, lined up alongside other meals such as rice and beef stew, ready to be served to both the students and the president’s guests.
After serving the students for a while, the president was seen joining the queue himself, waiting in line behind the pupils before receiving his portion and sitting among the students to enjoy the meal with them.
Others who followed the president’s lead in serving the meal included Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi and Ruaraka MP Joseph Kajwang, who were later seen relishing the chapatis after getting their share.
The meal, which has made the President a subject of amusement across social media, is part of his government’s and the Nairobi County Government’s joint efforts to enhance the Dishi na County feeding initiative, which aims to benefit all public primary schools in the county.
Chapati pledge
The President’s decision to personally provide the meal at the institution comes as a response to netizens who have put him on the receiving end following his visit to the St. Teresa Girls’ Secondary School in Mathare on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, and promised to deliver a chapati-making machine.
During that visit, Ruto had announced that he would make the machine available through Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja, stating that his vision was to acquire a specific model capable of producing one million pieces of the popular Kenyan flatbread daily to support the Dishi na County programme.
His pledge came after, much like today, he shared a meal with the students, who eagerly requested that chapatis be included in their school meals from then onwards.
In response, the President enthusiastically assured them of his commitment to fulfilling their request, detailing how eager he was to ensure they received what they had asked for.
“Over 300,000 children are benefiting from the programme; that means we need a machine to produce a million chapatis every day. I have asked the President for it,” Sakaja stated in response to the students.
“I have agreed to buy a chapati-making machine. Governor, your task now is to find out where to buy it,” Ruto responded to the eager students.
AI-generated images
The moment President Ruto made his ambitious chapati pledge, Kenyans refused to let it slide.
While some took to social media with videos questioning the sheer cost and logistics of producing a million chapatis daily, others went all in—unleashing AI-generated images that hilariously imagined how this grand promise would play out.
The memes took over the internet in no time, painting bizarre yet hilarious scenarios. One viral image showed Kenyans wading through floodwaters, but instead of scrambling for safety, they clung onto chapatis—throwing shade at the president for seemingly prioritising flatbreads over urgent national issues.
In another, MPs were seated in Parliament with nothing on their tables but stacks of chapatis, as if the government had officially ditched policies and budgets in favour of an all-bread agenda.
Meanwhile, yet another masterpiece showed Kenyans stranded in the middle of the CBD as a lorry pulled up, pouring out chapatis onto the streets like some sort of national relief programme.
