Supporters, how are you?
Alright. People of Makaveti, how are you?
Machakos, how are you?
How are you?
Praise the Lord Jesus.
Please greet me on air, let me see the people of Makaveti.
Supporters, you soldiers, leave these citizens alone. They have come here close, sir. These people want to see this Member of Parliament for Keria.
Eh, supporters.
So Makaveti, hoye!
Hoye! Hoye!
Makaveti, hoye!
Hoye!
Please greet me, let me see the people of Makaveti. Let me see the people of Machakos.
The Swahili say 'it will not happen'. It will not happen.
Is it today or not today?
It is today.
Is it today or not today?
It is today.
Listen, sir. I have come here today because we agreed with the people of Machakos that the old politics, the politics of discrimination, the politics of tribalism, the politics of hatred, we should end it and drive development in every part of Kenya.
Machakos, hoye!
Hoye!
That is why I have come here. This brother of mine, Caleb Mule, your Member of Parliament, right?
This Member of Parliament of yours, Caleb Mule, has agreed with me. When I told the people of Machakos that when we plan for the development of Kenya, we will also plan for the development of Machakos.
Today, I have come here to launch this road from here in Makaveti to Changala, so that we can connect the tarmac on this side with the tarmac on that side. It is about 20 kilometers that we are building and putting tarmac.
And it is not just this one. We have seven new roads in Machakos County. We have put two billion shillings in our budget to build 200 new kilometers of roads here in Machakos County and to continue with the other eight roads that were stuck before.
We have also put money, we are finishing the eight roads and we have started seven new roads.
People of Machakos, are you saying we should continue or not? We should continue!
Shouldn't we continue with this work? And it is not just this road.
Similarly, for the first time since we became an independent country, we have put 35 billion shillings in a program for housing, markets, and hostels here in Machakos County.
Do you understand me?
When I speak with you, didn't I come to give you houses that were already here in Machakos?
Now there are another 11 houses we are building. There are 20 new markets we are building for Machakos County.
There are hostels. Hostels for our children at Machakos University, we are building a hostel for 2,500 children.
At the Technical Training College, we are building hostels in Machakos County for 7,000 students. 7,000 will get a place to stay as hostels here in Machakos County, and we have put enough money because of our housing program.
Do you understand me, people? Are you saying we should continue or not? We should continue!
Should we continue or should we continue? We should continue!
As I told the people of Machakos, I have said that for us to have equality in Kenya, every child of Kenya must have a chance to study.
And when a child goes to school, they must find a teacher. There must be enough classrooms.
That is why you told me to fix the CBC issues, to fix the availability of teachers, and to have enough classrooms.
For three years, I have hired 100,000 teachers, and by the end of this year, I will hire another 20,000.
So that every child of Kenya who goes to school has a teacher to teach them, because education is what brings us equality. The child of a rich person and the child of a poor person become equal when they get an education.
Is it true or not, people?
Shouldn't we educate all our children? And I have sent a law to parliament.
The problem we had with universities, our children were stuck at TVET, they were stuck at KMTC. Now we have a new plan, new funding approved by parliament to ensure that every child going to KMTC, the one going to TVET, the one going to university, we have enough money to educate all our children without burdening parents.
Makaveti, let's continue, people, let's continue. I have also said that it is a great shame that a small citizen, when they get sick, they go to the hospital, they are asked for money, they sell their land, they sell their property, they sell their cows, or they do a fundraiser to pay for hospital bills.
That is why I put in place SHA and UHC health insurance to ensure that every citizen, when they are sick, goes to the hospital, gets treated, and the cost of treatment is paid by the government health insurance, SHA.
I ask you, people of Makaveti, have you registered with SHA or are you still waiting?
Have you registered with SHA? Or are you listening to the words of those swindlers, those crooks who haven't registered themselves and say SHA doesn't work?
You have registered. Let me see those who have registered with SHA, right?
I want to ask the people of Makaveti today, in all our villages here, if you go to a certain village, won't you find a certain mother who has been paid by SHA, and a certain elder who has been paid by SHA, and a certain youth who has been paid by SHA? Is it true or not?
It is true! It is true or not? It is true. What we used to do every day is being done on WhatsApp, it is being done everywhere. The issue of fundraisers has started to decrease.
I tell those comrades because they keep telling me, 'Why do you talk about SHA as if it works?' Stop talking. I want to tell them, you swindlers, you crooks, you liars, the day you stop telling your lies that SHA doesn't work, we will stop talking about SHA working.
But as long as you continue telling your lies that SHA doesn't work, we will continue to remind you that SHA works, and the witnesses are these citizens.
Is it true or not, my friends? It is true! Is it true or not? It is true!
Are we together? Are you saying we should continue or should we continue? We should continue!
Should we continue or should we continue? We should continue!
Let's continue with this work. Eh. Let's build roads, connect electricity, build markets, build hostels, do housing, make SHA work.
How many say we should continue with the work?
Eh, sir, that is the work. What am I asking you?
You people of Makaveti, you are the ones who elect the MCA, right? You are the ones who elect the Member of Parliament, the Governor, and the Senator, right? You are the ones who elect the President.
I am asking you, when you go to elect the President, or the MCA, or the Member of Parliament, or the Governor, do you elect them by their face or by their work? By their work!
By their face or by their work? Don't you elect someone who knows how to do the work? To build roads, build markets, educate children, ensure your hospital bill is paid? Or how is it?
Or do you elect someone because of their face? No. Or do you elect someone because of their tribe? No. Or do you elect someone because of conflict? No.
Isn't a person elected for the work they have done?
That is what I want to tell those competing with me. You, come with your work, sir. Come with your plan. Look for policies. Look for a plan. Look for an agenda.
Stop tribalism, stop hatred, stop conflict. Or how is it?
These citizens have brains, sir. They know who is for conflict, who is for work. They know who is for tribe, who is for doing things for the citizens.
Now I want to ask you, I have heard those comrades saying they call this one a traitor, this one a betrayer, this one an enemy. Do you want to continue with that road? No. That is dirty politics of hatred.
I tell those comrades, if you have no agenda, stop the hatred, stop tribalism, stop dividing citizens. We have been put together by God.
And I have said, listen, people of Ukambani. In the past, Ukambani was discriminated against. Is it true or not? It is true!
You didn't get roads, you didn't get markets, you didn't get development. Is it true or not? It is true!
That is why I have said, whether up, down, right, or left, this Ukambani will not be left behind again. Or what do you say?
Should we continue or should we continue? Should we continue or not? We should continue!
Have we agreed? Have we agreed?
So you people of Makaveti, what do you say? People of Machakos, what do you say? People of Machakos, what do you say?
Let me see the team of the people of Machakos, let me see.
And I want to ask you, this person of mine, Caleb, what will you do with him? Is this Caleb enough or not enough? Is this Caleb enough or not enough?
Before, I have a message, right? I have a message for those people trying to compete with me. I want to tell those comrades, first look for policies, look for a vision, look for a plan, look for an agenda, then bring it to the citizens.
These citizens have brains. They will measure, they will weigh. You will know who has an agenda and who doesn't.
Even if you have been contracted, even if you have been paid, even if you have been planned for, even if you have agreed to be a puppet, at least don't embarrass yourself.
Look for something, even if you have been sent to go and oppose SHA, go and oppose roads, go and oppose housing. Even if you have been sent to come and oppose, use your brain, sir. Don't embarrass yourself. Use your brain a little. Stop looking like a puppet.
Even if you have been told to go and oppose housing, don't come and say the problem with housing is because chickens can't be taken up the stairs. That is foolishness. That is stupidity. Find a better argument so you can look like you have a brain.
Or even another one who went and was asked, he was told, 'Your first day if you become a leader is what?' He said, 'I will look into SHA.' He was asked, 'Do you know SHA has five laws?' He started stammering there.
He started stammering there. You know now, my friend, even if you have been sent, even if you have agreed to be a puppet, even if you have agreed to be a tool, even if you have been sent to come and oppose SHA, find some small reasons so you can look like you have a brain. Stop coming to embarrass yourself.
You look like a foolish person because when you are asked, you say SHA should be closed. Do you have a replacement? Do you have an alternative? He doesn't. So you have no alternative, you have no argument, and you have been sent. Even if you have been paid how much money, sir.
Find some small reasons so you can look like you have a brain.
Are we together? Are we together, people of Makaveti? Are you saying we should deal with those comrades?
Another one went and said he wants to break the housing levy, break the housing. I ask him, even if you have been paid, even if you have been contracted, even if you have been sent and planned for, you say you are stopping housing. The one million youths who have been working on housing, working on markets, working on hostels, where will you take them? Do you have an alternative? Do those people have an alternative?
Do they have an alternative work plan? People are very low, sir. They are very low.
I don't know if we understand each other. I am asking you, should we continue with the work? Are you saying we should continue? We should continue!
Let's plan roads, let's build. Let's build markets, let's build housing. Let's build hostels and plan for everything. Let's connect electricity, let's put water. How many say we should continue like that? We should continue! We should continue!
I want to say thank you very much. Right? Are you saying this is the end? This Machakos is not the end. We will show those people dust early in the morning, they will meet us. Or how is it?
So I am here with my brother, this Member of Parliament of yours. He is a person who came, he pushed me, he said this world must change. Where are the claps for Caleb, people?
Hello. Makaveti. Makaveti. Where are the claps for William Samuel Ruto?
Mr. President, we have every reason to say we will. Because for a long time, even from the days of Nebuchadnezzar, this road from here in Makaveti to here in Changala, passing through Kamutonga, going all the way there, has never had a tarmac road.
And at this time, our President, William Samoei Ruto, has said this road must get tarmac.
This road, Mr. President, connects one side of the town to another side of the town. This road crosses two wards, Kalama ward and Kola ward. And it was blocked, meaning it was landlocked on this side and that side. This road was very important to connect Makaveti, meaning Kalama, and connect Kola.
So it becomes one thing. It is the only road that crosses a sub-county. We have a sub-county that didn't have a single tarmac road. The sub-county is called Kalama Sub-county.
And thank you very much, we people of Kalama, people of Makaveti, we are very grateful. We even had a song we had prepared, but because of time, let's sing.
We had a good song.
We as people of Machakos, people of Kalama, we have said.
We are saying this, the pot that was cooking for fools has broken.
At this time, hello. At this time, we are clapping for a leader who has worked for his people.
I have not been told stories of gossip and this and that, and there is nothing we can get from those people. Our President has worked for us.
Mr. President, these people of Kua and Mawi, we are saying, matepe. Like we.
Mr. President, this love you see, this is very genuine. And they assured me, they said if we put this tarmac from here to there, let's go and rest. The votes will have come in, right?
And the people of Makaveti and the people of Kalama, they are like my father. They don't deceive.
You know my father told my mother he would marry her, and he married her. Just like that.
They told me, in 2027, the votes for William Samoei Ruto will be full here. And for Caleb? And for William Ruto?
And we have other leaders here, there is Kinawaita and others, and they will come to introduce themselves. Thank you very much. Mr. President, finally, when you go, I will stay here and shake hands with my people.
And because you have come, thank you very much, thank you very much, you will help me. Yeah.
