Video Of Senator Methu Proposing Hustler Fund To Favour Ruto Supporters Over Raila's Irks Kenyans

• Senator John Methu's sentiments at a function in Baringo a few months back have come to haunt him
• In his address, the lawmaker suggested that those from ethnicities that voted for President William Ruto be made the gatekeepers of the Hustler Fund as other Kenyans access the kitty at their mercy
• A section of Kenyans is rattled, with the aggrieved accusing the first-timer in the Senate of propagating tribalism

A video of Nyandarua senator John Methu calling for the discrimination of non-Kenya Kwanza supporters from the Hustler Fund has raffled feathers.

The lawmaker is on record calling for favourable terms in the kitty for those who supported President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua in last year's vote.

Getting the chance to address the audience, the lawmaker asked Co-operatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui to favour those who rallied behind the government.

He was speaking in Mogotio, Baringo county at a wedding function.

Using the tribalistic gauge, Methu asked Chelugui who was at the fiction in jest to increase limits for certain identities as opposed to others.

He threw shade at those from Raila Odinga's backyard.

"CS, when you see applicants like Chep-something, Kip-something, Kamau, or Njoroge, please increase the limit. But when you see Omollo,Omondo , Owuori you can decrease for those ones," he said amid laughter from his audience.

The suggestion to segregate the Hustler Fund beneficiaries did not sit well with some Kenyans who argued the lawmaker was propagating tribalism.

They seemed to wonder why he would choose to speak division on tribal lines when unity was being preached in other parts of the country.

Others observed that the senator's sentiments spoke to the reality of nepotism and favouritism in the application of jobs in the public service.

Below are a few reactions;

@Kitel: "We got to remove such leaders."

@Nyamlori Mathew: "This is what we face while applying for jobs."

@James Ice Cold: "Then some Nyanza leaders are coming to try to convince Luos to join UDA?"

@Fragrances We Love Ke: 'Imagine this is a leader that people actually voted for?! A leader fueling tribalism and hate in broad daylight. We are a sad country."

@Malik Levo: "Chairman wa Team Tugegees."

@Kolela: "Owidi Odiyo should see this."

@CMK: "A young leader talking this way."

@Nilejuma: "Dear Mhesh, kindly find out the meaning of the term “leadership”

@user193718335750: "Kikuyu and Kalenjin leadership has ruined Kenya for the last 60 years."

@Thomas Sankara: "They have to keep hating to be relevant. So sad."

@Socrates Daryl: "So tribal."

@Bradley Obrad: "I don't think this guy realises what he's saying yet he's a senior leader."

@Freddy: "See where we are heading, incitement all over."