Deputy President William Ruto’s alleged involvement in a corruption scandal made news on Friday, sparking outrage and a hashtag hijacking.
Ruto was accused of arbitrarily inflating a $178 million project to upgrade the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital up to $293 million (Sh 28 billion), with the intention of pocketing the difference.
Uhuru Kenyatta chief propagandists took to twitter with Hashtag RutoIsClean to defend Ruto against the allegations, the hashtag was however hijacked by anti Ruto tweets making it a total embarrassment. The higjacking of the hastag prompted speculation that Itumbi may have only provided a platform to ridicule Ruto.
The Corruption allegation against Ruto was made by herbert Ojwang, a Nairobi businessman who says he was awarded the initial tender before Ruto took it over and inflated it.
#RutoIsClean….. In the same way that Huddah is a virgin.
— Yuri B. (@ArcherMishale) May 8, 2015
#RutoIsClean, media is objective, Yemen is safe for tourists, Sonko is a businessman, Kenya is fair to Somalis, the economy is stable…
— Ronald Mackio (@mackio_) May 8, 2015
If #RutoIsClean as @OleItumbi has been paid to say, then pigs can fly.
— Francis Gaitho (@Kenyafootball) May 8, 2015
I've generally been supportive of our "Governance by Hashtags", lakini hii ya #RutoIsClean is insulting our intelligence. Nkt
— The Makodingo® (@makodingo) May 8, 2015
There you have it guys. #Rutoisclean
Can a hashtag alone clean his dented image?
— Francis Waithaka (@waithash) May 8, 2015
"Dirt is good" #RutoIsClean
— Francis Gaitho (@Kenyafootball) May 8, 2015
#RutoIsClean WE KNOW! pic.twitter.com/diPJaNYln7
— Boniface Mwangi (@bonifacemwangi) May 8, 2015
So someone called @OleItumbi tried to sanitise Ruto through #RutoIsClean. Angesema #RutoAnaoga pic.twitter.com/TatkvAV8L3
— Siri Kali Ya Kenya (@MPigsAreWrong) May 9, 2015
#RutoIsClean he had gotten some dirt while legally acquiring land but he showered and now he is clean.
— Dexxe (@Dexxe) May 8, 2015
12:35 via @Kisskisii .., Challenge.., Leaders?
Wah! RT @KapeiJoseph: #RutoIsClean Future impossible tense pic.twitter.com/7n5J3Ea5oj
— Kenyan Traffic (@KenyanTraffic) May 9, 2015
Now Itumbi is blaming Raila.LMAO,What a pathetic job this dude has. #RutoIsClean
— Eugene (@reggaeholic_) May 8, 2015
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