President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy Dr William Ruto on Thursday bought chicken worth Ksh 2.1 million at Kambi Kuku chicken auction in Uasin Gishu County.
Ruto went back to where it all began and engaged the ‘hustling’ chicken sellers.
This was the second chicken auction that saw the head of state buy chicken worth Ksh 1 million, with his Deputy buying chicken worth Ksh 1.1 million, bring the sum to Ksh 2.1 million.
#JamaaWaKuku President Uhuru buys chicken worth KShs 1 Million at the Kambi Kuku Chicken Auction pic.twitter.com/2n8k8eCWD9— Macharia Wangui (@PrinceWangui) December 19, 2019
#JamaaWaKuku has just bought chickens worth 1.1million. Hustler promoting his fellows. People will love you if you them up by supporting their activities.
#JamaaWaKuku pic.twitter.com/kXvi4f2Nxb— Alikim Nash(@ItsAlikim) December 19, 2019
At the event, embattled Nairobi County governor Mike Sonko also bought chicken worth Ksh 500,000.
Mike Sonko buys chicken worth KShs 500k at the Kambi Kuku Chicken Auction. #JamaaWaKuku pic.twitter.com/lld7ykTkFf— Kenyans.co.ke (@Kenyans) December 19, 2019
Kambi Kuku chicken auction coordinator Getrude Chemutai said they were today expecting to sell at least 13,000 chicken.
Meet the Coordinator of the Annual #KambiYaKuku Chicken Auction. Gertrude Chemutai.#JamaaWaKuku pic.twitter.com/ojSy99ynUE— Dennis Itumbi, HSC (@OleItumbi) December 19, 2019
In 2018 April, Ruto joined the farmers in a similar auction, bringing together small-scale poultry farmers from Jua Kali, Turbo and their environs, with a total of 5,000 chickens sold at Sh1,200 each.
The activity raised Sh6 million.
Ruto told the business people that the county government will help poultry farmers to form cooperative societies. This is so that middlemen, who exploit them by buying the chicken at lower prices, are eliminated.
The Deputy President noted poultry farming will lift women and youths out of poverty and improve their living standards.
“Even the richest man on earth, Bill Gates, agrees that it is through poultry keeping that we can eliminate poverty.”
