A street vendor on Friday met Interior PS Karanja Kibicho who cleared a Sh40 debt owed to him by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The vendor, Dennis Wachira sold the president chewing gum in 2017 but only received his payment a year later.
He paid the PS a visit at his Harambee House offices where he was handed a Sh50 note.
“Before we even start talking I want to clear that debt of KSh40 for the president who bought your chewing gums, and now I even want you to give me change of KSh10,” the PS told Wachira.
True to his word, Wachira handed PS Kibicho a Sh10 change. He then tells how his business has since plummeted because people thought his life after meeting the head of state would change for the better.
“Since I sold the president those chewing gums, my business has not been performing well because people believe my life should be changed. They are no longer buying my sweets,” Wachira said.
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Asked what he would like the president to do for him, the street vendor noted that he needed a job. He does however let the PS know that he is fighting a health condition that could be worsening.
The PS responds: “You know now your health will not allow you to work in those drills (implying a possible job at the army or police) and there you shall have to spend at least nine months in training, I don’t think you can manage that with your health condition.”
Wachira shot to fame after the president made an impromptu visit to Burma Market in 2017 and bought sweets from him.
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