The tribeless hustler imperative is a revolution in our politics,” he tweeted recently. The DP attached to the tweet two photos from the front-page of the Star captioned, “Ruto and Raila lock horns over hustler narrative”. Ruto has for years styled himself as the Hustler, son of a peasant who rose from selling chickens on the roadside to the pinnacle of state power. But the hustler narrative suggests that poverty is a result of elite accumulation and exclusion of the hoi polloi. To concretise the hustler narrative – move it from an abstract idea to something tangible – Ruto is using his money to support “fellow hustlers” start income-generating activities.

Source: The Star October 10, 2020 00:56 UTC