MC Jessy says selling Ruto in Meru during 2022 elections was nearly impossible
Veteran stand-up comedian and media personality Jasper Muthomi, widely known as MC Jessy, has disclosed that selling President William Ruto’s candidature in Meru County during the 2022 general elections was not a walk in the park.
Speaking during a candid interview with radio host Alex Mwakideu on an episode uploaded on YouTube on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, Jessy said that other political parties had dominated the region, making it nearly impossible to sell a Kenya Kwanza presidential candidate.
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“Meru haikuwa raisi kutafutia Ruto kura kwa sababu watu wa Jubilee walishinda, alafu kuna yule wa No PEU alishinda na alikuwa na chama yake peke yake na yeye ndio alikuwa candidate so kumaanisha UDA ilikuwa kidonga ya tishika pale, tuka pata mwengine wa bado Meru akapata Jubilee, kuka pata wa Meru town akapata independent,” he revealed.
“So kuonyesha Meru haikuwa yote ni UDA, South Imenti Jubilee, South Imenti ndio ikapata UDA, North Imenti Independent,tuko na nine post four zilienda kwa vyama vingine hao wengine ndio wakapata UDA, sasa hapo si nikumaanisha ilikuwa kazi ngumu kuuza William Ruto haikuwa rahisi.“
He went on to say that they would campaign for Ruto until they forgot to campaign for themselves.
“Tulifanya campaign ya kumuuuza, sa zingine unajisahau una kampeinia ppresident,” he added.
MC Jessy on Ruto’s victory
During the same interview, the father of two disclosed that he celebrated after Ruto was announced the winner of the 2022 presidential elections.
He revealed that Ruto’s win brought him immense relief after losing the South Imenti parliamentary seat to Ithinji Shadrack Mwiti of the Jubilee Party, which he says he had high expectations of winning the position.
“My plan was kushinda but huwezi niambia roho yako itatulia juu hukushinda, mimi sikushinda na sikusikia poa nilikuwa napigia kina Jalas na nawaambia bro umepata? Shukuru Mungu do not take it for granted,” he revealed.
“The beauty about politics there is always another chance na ukijipanga poa utaipata.Nilienda CUEA sijapata mimi niliwa watu niliangushwa na mzee wa 84 years, kwa hivyo uko na machungu. Alafu nika kuja CUEA akataganzwa mshindi, ndio hiyo raha sasa mimi.”
The stand‑up comedian admitted he initially feared that Ruto might lose to ODM leader Raila Odinga and said he believed he would have ended up in the ICU if Ruto did lose the election because he had spent too much money campaigning for him.
Additionally, Jessy says he felt a surge of joy after the win, realising there was hope in new leadership.
He ultimately framed his joy not just as a partisan sentiment but as a symbolic moment of possibility, suggesting that Ruto’s victory was a relief to him.
“I think Ruto angeshindwa ningeenda ICU hiyo tiome nimetumia pesa mingi lakini aliposhinda nikasikia raha manake niliangalia nikaona there is hope, kama huyo ameshinda atleast mgeni amepata mwenyeji apone,” he added.
