Kileleshwa Member of County Assembly (MCA) Robert Alai has heaped praise on Charlene Ruto even as he criticized her father President William Ruto’s performance.
Alai was particularly impressed by Charlene after she challenged the youth to create opportunities for themselves in the face of joblessness.
Speaking to a local TV station, Charlene urged the youth not to sit down and be lazy, telling them to begin initiatives which can help them earn a livelihood.
“The best thing we can do for our young people is create opportunities for them. I’d like to call on our young people, let’s not sit and be lazy. You are passionate about something, don’t give up on that. Reach out to us, give us your idea. Tell us this is what I want to do,” Charlene said.
Reacting to Charlene’s plea to the youth, Robert Alai lauded her claiming she was working better than Zakayo the President.
The Kileleshwa MCA said Charlene is trying to change Kenya and leave a mark even if Zakayo fumbles in his performance.
“She is working better than Zakayo. I think she is trying to change Kenya and leave mark hata kama Zakayo fumbles,” Alai wrote on X.
Zakayo
President William Ruto while addressing the Kenyan diaspora in Tokyo, Japan on February 7, 2024, embraced his moniker ‘Zakayo’.
Ruto said despite being called various names back home he will stand by his firm decisions to put the country on the right path.
“I don’t mind people calling me names. I will continue to do the right thing for our country irrespective of the names people call me including Zakayo,” Ruto said.
Kenyans christened Ruto ‘Zakayo’ in May 2023 in the wake of hefty tax proposals made by his government.
Ruto was likened to the biblical tax collector Zacchaeus (Zakayo in Swahili) who climbed the sycamore tree to see Jesus.
“Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way,” Luke 19:1-4 (NIV).
