You wont believe who just joined Kenyans in the hustlers club. First of all a hustler is someone aggressive enough to look for money through all means possible just to survive.
So apparently according to top politician Raila, Uhuru and him were not born rich despite how powerful their families are in Kenya rather they have had to struggle all the way to the top.
Raila has said that their rise to political superiority was borne out of sheer hard work, patience, and determination; contrary to common belief that they had it easy courtesy of their fathers’ political influence.
“Jomo Kenyatta was a son of a pauper. He struggled and was detained by the colonialists for all those years. Because of that, you cannot say Uhuru is part of a dynasty.”
A dynasty is a line of hereditary rulers of a country who play a prominent role in business, politics, or other fields.
The Odinga and Kenyatta families have often times been referred to as political dynasties as they have held the country’s top leadership since independence.
Jomo Kenyatta (Uhuru’s father) became Kenya’s first president in 1963 with Jaramogi Oginga Odinga (Raila’s father) as Vice President.
Raila said their fathers neither had it easy nor have they (Raila and Uhuru) had it easy in their quest to rule Kenya.
“Odinga, son of Raila, was just a pauper. You would say he was just a hustler. You cannot, therefore, say that Raila is a product of a dynasty,” the ODM leader said.
He spoke on during the requiem mass of the late former Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organisation chairlady Jane Kiano in Karen, Nairobi.
“Raila is just Raila just the way he is and Uhuru is Uhuru because of himself. Nobody has elected Uhuru because he is son of Kenyatta,” Raila said.
Some proponents of constitutional change have proposed the enactment of laws that prevent the country’s leadership roles from rotating between only two or three prominent families.
Third way Alliance leader Ehuru Aukot has on numerous occasions said the election laws should such that even a little an individual from a little known family can ascend to power.
There is also a growing conversation positing that the 2022 general election will be a contest between the ‘hustlers’ and ‘dynasties’.
Another famous hustler is Raila’s political rival in Kenya known for selling chicken in humble days is Deputy President Ruto. Close to 30 years earlier, he had been peddling groundnuts in a desperate bid to survive in the streets of Eldoret. Those who know him well say Ruto entered the realm of politics when he began campaigning for Kanu presidential candidate Daniel arap Moi.
Do you agree that Uhuru and Raila are hustlers?