Deputy president William Samoei Ruto has been the talk of town since he shared an alleged traditional photo of himself in Turkana county.
While others claimed that Ruto’s outfits were just for a cultural event, there are those who had different opinions that the deputy president had joined his big brother Raila Odinga whom he accuses of uganga every minute he wears such outfits.
The presence of calabash never misses in the African context of the dark spirits even from the Nigerian movies. As a result, some Kenyans went to the extent of alleging that DP Ruto’s photo had nothing to do with culture but pure uganga.
Others even wondered why Ruto and his allies keep referring to Raila as mganga whenever he is in such regalia but when Ruto puts the same clothes it suddenly turns into a cultural event and not dark spirits.
Below were the various reactions from different Kenyans:
“…and he will still refer to others as waganga. EARTH IS HARD” ~ posted Kitui governor Charity Ngilu.
“It’s culture when practiced by Ruto but witchcraft when practiced by Raila Odinga…. Kumbafu ibilisi.”
“This is a unique cultural celebration ? of turkana community ..The regalia worn by DP ruto is a community normal dressing style at such important events,it is not what you people think ?”
“Freddy Leng’ida issue ni wengine wakido the same wanaitwa waganga. Before he started it, everyone was okay with it. No one was judging. But ye ndie alileta hii umbwakni.”
“Culture should be respected and i know ingekuwa is the other man dressed this way the story would be different.”
“If it was Raila they would brand all names that we use to refer to a witch doctor. But because it’s Ruto they will say nothing. Huyu ndio mganga halisi kutoka Turkana.”
“Why do people think God is a Christian only? Cultures existed way before Christianity arrived in Africa and God was there as well.”
“Confused mara church mara uganga alafu yeye ndio amejua kusema eti The fifth Agwash ni mganga”
“Hakuna mtu mzuri Kati ya Ruto na Raila,Ni wakenya tu waamue wanataka kuteswa na Nani??”
“I said the other day that Ruto akiendelea na ile chuki akonayo na Raila atamalizia kuwa mchawi ama Mganga. Ona sasa????. Ruto ashakuwa Mganga, Ruto’s daughter ameolewa na mganga kutoka Nigeria, now the whole family imeingia kwa uganga ??”
“There is no hypocrite in the entire nation than this surgoi man. Alafu utaskia akiita wengine waganga. Bure kabisa!”
“Mtu mwenyewe kumbe Ni mchawi,,, alafu husema eti Baba Ni mganga,,,Unachofanya kwa Giza ona Sasa imeonekana kwa mwanga,,, hehehe ? Baba the fifth ?”
“I think this discusion of Uganga comes to and end today. We either decide as a nation that such outfits represents Uganga or cultures. We cannot allow for others to be termed as dark spirits while for others culture. We are either all in the culture of in the uganga.”
“Just when Ruto called baba mganga because of wearing such outfits and boom he is also putting on the same traditional/uganga outfits months later. “
