How Ruto Has Reacted After Sifuna Announced He’ll Win State House Race Wearing a T-shirt

President William Ruto has appeared to take another swipe at Edwin Sifuna, saying that simply putting on a T-shirt will not win anybody’s vote, least of all the votes of Kenya’s young people, a day after the politician vowed to walk into State House in his T-shirts.

The details have emerged from two sources. Citizen TV Kenya reported on its verified Facebook page, that the President told his audience in Narok that he had heard people complaining about clothes.

This Ruto response follows Sifuna message yesterday at Gachagua’s sister burial in Nyeri where he answered his critics by saying he would enter State House in his T-shirts.

The exchange follows the President’s reply earlier today to Mr Sifuna’s claim that he wore a jacket, watch and shoes worth tens of millions of shillings to a wedding.

President Ruto told worshippers in Narok that the people who change the world dress like him, and accused his critic of inflating the prices. Those figures have not been verified, and Sifuna has not yet responded to the President’s latest remarks.

The President’s choice of words has put the spotlight on young voters, a group that has become central to Kenyan politics.

His message suggests that image alone will not carry a candidate, though neither man has laid out any policy argument in the posts reported so far.

Social media users have been divided. Some say the President has been right to remind politicians that the youth vote must be earned, while others argue that he has made the debate about clothing when Kenyans are more concerned about jobs and living costs.

Supporters of Sifuna have praised his defiance, and critics have called it a distraction.

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