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Ruto and hustlers
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Inside William Ruto’s fresh plot to capture hearts and minds of hustlers

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Supporters of President William Ruto react as they gather at the Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani on September 13, 2022 ahead of his inauguration. In a new plan to win back the hustlers, Dr Ruto plans to organise them into women's and boda boda groups and form saccos.

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President William Ruto has hatched a plan to go back to the ‘hustlers’, a group that that propelled him to the presidency in 2022, but who surveys now say are the most disillusioned following heavy tax burden and high cost of living.

The Sunday Nation has learnt that the plan is hinged on an order by President Ruto to task some of his campaign coordinators across the 290 constituencies he used in the run-up to the 2022 elections to organise women groups and boda boda people into groups and form Saccos.