This photo of William Ruto when he was broke and ashy is causing a stir online

Piece by: Grace Kerongo
Lifestyle

A TBT photo of the deputy president William Ruto shows that the powerful man was once a common mwanainchi like the rest of us.

A photo of Ruto that has gone viral shows the DP dressed in an oversized suit that is ill fitting, holding what looks like a Bible and hymn book.

Check it out below.

Ruto's wife, Rachel knew what it means to have a man with vision.

He may not have looked like he would be the second most powerful man in Kenya, but Rachel saw that in him.

In a past interview she advised women,

"MY FELLOW WOMEN LOVE YOUR HUSBANDS. DON’T DISRESPECT THEM, DON’T FIGHT THEM. THE WORLD IS ALREADY HARSH TO THEM; WHEN THEY COME HOME, YOU SHOULD GIVE THEM A PEACE OF MIND. START CALLING HIM APPEALING NAMES LIKE ‘SWEETHEART’, ‘HONEY’; EVEN IF HE HAD MADE YOU ANGRY.

I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY (MEN) CAN GET ON OUR NERVES. NONETHELESS, WE SHOULD LOVE THEM FOR PEACE TO PREVAIL. WHEN YOU ARE LIVING IN HARMONY WITH YOUR PARTNER, YOUR LIFE WILL BE LESS STRESSFUL. WHAT IS THIS MODEL OF FAMILY STRUCTURE CALLED ‘SINGLE MOTHER’? TO ME, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A SINGLE MOTHER. SMILE CHARMINGLY, AND YOU WILL FIND YOUR MR RIGHT. WOMEN, LET US LOVE EACH OTHER. WE SHOULD NOT DESPISE ONE ANOTHER. WE SHOULD NOT PERCEIVE OTHER WOMEN AS LESS HELPFUL. LET US ACCOMMODATE EACH OTHER. WE CAN MAKE MONEY IF WE ARE UNITED. I URGE WOMEN TO FORM GROUPS SUCH AS TABLE-BANKING. IT WILL GO A LONG WAY IN SOLVING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS FACING WOMEN.”

Kenyans reacted to the photo posted by Dennis Itumbi. Here are some of the comments.

alusaahnancy: Mzee wa kanisa

johnkellywaithaka: Our next prezzo. Am a satisfied team tangatanga

obednyabwari: Hustler mwenyewe!

corrinebore: Mkale Inside!

barbie_barbz_: Pastor akishangaa hawa washikirika hawatoi sadaka ya kutosha wanafikiri church itajijenga.

karinge.mbugua: 😂 😂 😂 😂 Pastor Ruto... Lol. Mchungaji... 😂 😂

wanjakitabi: Kweli Mungu hutoa watu mbali I'm beginning to believe that he truly invests in #"Heaven".

Now, Ruto is a far cry from the man in that TBT photo. Yaani, lap of luxury doesn't begin to describe the new mansion of Deputy President William Ruto.

Details have emerged of a Ksh 50m home that is set to be refurbished for Ruto a.k.a the hustler.

The government is in a bid to refurbish DP Ruto’s Mombasa-based second home at a cost of Sh46.5 million.

Watu hutoka mbali. Below is the 'modest' house where the Deputy President used to live in as a true hustler. This was way before the big mullah checked in.

According to Business Daily, the former Coast PC and a past Coast Regional Coordinator Samuel Kilele was the last occupant of the house.

Cost details on refurbishing the home come days after it was revealed that taxpayers will pay Sh50 million to build a second office in Mombasa for the second most powerful man in the country.

During official working tours to the Coast, Mr Ruto is expected to put up at the new residence as opposed to staying at beach hotels like has been the case in the past, while President Uhuru Kenyatta spends time at State House in Mombasa.

Beside this, Ruto also owns a home in Nairobi's leafy suburbs of Karen and Eldoret.
The palatial Karen property sits on a 10-acre piece of land.
He uses the Sh400 million Karen residence for official functions, especially when hosting delegations, besides his main office in Nairobi located on Harambee Avenue.
The Karen residence will be refurbished at Sh15.6 million.
His plush, multi-million-shilling residence in Eldoret town, was the talk of town when the aerial video of the estate went viral.

Moving on, Ruto's Sh450 million residence has spacious bedrooms, an office block, garage, swimming pool, gazebo, generator house, staff residence and a comptroller’s unit.

Here is an outside view of the palatial residence.

Amassing all that wealth doesn't come without a price.DP Ruto has to work off his derriere.

Check out his photos.