President William Ruto delivered his annual State of the Nation address to a joint parliamentary session On Thursday November 9.
During his address, the president said that he had made calls to several Kenyans. One of these Kenyans was Harrison Karisa Kenga. According to Dr. Ruto, Karisa worked as a tuktuk driver. He had accessed a hustler fund limit of Sh. 724,000.
Ironically though, Dr. Ruto said that Karisa had asked him to reform the hustler fund to include asset financing so that he could be able to buy his own tuktuk since the one he worked with wasn’t his.
“Yesterday, when I called Harrison Karisa Kenga who has accessed Sh. 714,000 from the hustler fund, he suggested to me to find a way to have the fund provide asset financing so that he can buy for himself a tuktuk because the one he had was not his,” the President said in parliament.
“I assured him (Harrison Karisa Kengai) that during my (State of the Nation) address, I would ask the ministry responsible to respond to him. Consequently, I hereby direct the ministry responsible to expeditiously engage Mr. Kengai. I will give you his phone number,” Dr. Ruto said.
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This left many Kenyans questioning why he took a loan of Sh. 714,000 and what he did with the money, given that a brand new tuktuk would have cost him between Sh. 250,000 and Sh. 300,000.
Questions were also asked on how the tuktuk driver was able to access such a huge amount, way beyond what the ordinary bank saver is able to access from the fund or any other mobile banking app.
