Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has addressed those who have been criticizing the road project between Isiolo and Mandera counties.
According to the DP, there are at least 11 contractors on the long road some Kenyans have been making fun of online.
Kindiki also disclosed that the road will be ready in two and a half years.
DP Kindiki claims construction of Isiolo-Mandera road is on despite Kenyans mocking Ruto. Photo: Courtesy.
“Some are making fun of the huge road project we are constructing between Isiolo and Mandera. This is a massive project that will be completed in the next two and half years. You can make fun of it to be applauded online but we are focused because it will be the same road we will be using to explain to the people there what we have done for them. We already have 11 contractors on site and soon that part of the country will be opened up for economic transformation,” he said.
The Deputy President moreover noted that some of those making fun of the road do not even know where it is or where the places mentioned are.
Kindiki’s comments are in response to a section of social media users who made a video mocking President Ruto after he mentioned several towns along the road between Isiolo and Mandera will connect.
During his tour in the region, President Ruto dropped one of his hits promising that the road would be vast and connect the entire region, showing his mastery of the area.
“Ndio barabara itoke Mandera, ikuje Ramu, ikuje Garre, ikuje El-Wak, ikuje Kobo, ikuje pale Kotulo, ikuje Tarbat, ipitie hapa Wajir, iende Samatan, iteremke Modogashe, ifike Isiolo, iende Nairobi…”
Immediately after the speech, creative Kenyans churned out short videos trolling Ruto’s lyricism and videos circulated showing the names of the towns written down on a piece of paper.
Others have even gone a step further and created an entire dance based around Ruto’s Isiolo road mastery, with others going as far as printing t-shirts emblazoned with the President’s viral messaging.
