“Saidia Huyu 2 Million” Ruto Captured Telling His Security to Sort Out MP 2M For The Crowd in Kisii

President William Ruto has promised Sh2 million to help cater for the crowd that has turned up to receive him in Keroka town, after Nyaribari Masaba MP Daniel Manduku has asked for support.

The moment has been captured on the President’s live broadcast from the Keroka-Ibacho-Kiamokama road last-mile connectivity event, and local media house Gusii Digital News has since shared the exchange online. This account has relied on both.

Mr Manduku has spoken earlier in the programme and has appealed to the Head of State to reward the residents for the warmth they have shown him.

He has also asked that the people who have come out to welcome the President be helped with fare to get back home.

The President has responded as he has wrapped up his speech and prepared to leave. In a short exchange picked up by the cameras, he has told his security team in Swahili to give the MP the Sh2 million, saying “saidia huyu 2 million.”

It has not been made clear how the money will be shared out, or whether it will go to the crowd directly or through the MP. No further statement has emerged at the time of writing.

Mr Manduku has become a familiar face in the President’s Gusii outreach. He has declared support for the President after winning his seat on an ODM ticket and he has said before that the President has committed to starting works on the wider Keroka-Ibacho-Kiamokama-Nyanturago-Ekona road by February 2026.

Gestures like this have sparked mixed reactions in the past. Large crowds at presidential have often prompted debate over how they are mobilized and similar handouts have drawn questions in other regions.

Supporters have often defended such gestures as a way of thanking residents, while critics have argued that they blur the line between goodwill and inducement.

The President has wound up his Kisii County tour, and attention has turned to how the Keroka-Ibacho-Kiamokama project moves from launch to construction, and to whether the Sh2 million pledge reaches the crowd as promised.

Updates will follow as more details emerge from the ground in Keroka.

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