President William Ruto on Thursday morning took several Kenyans by surprise when he called them via phone from the State House office ahead of his inaugural State of the Nation address. https://bit.ly/49r89FE
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00:00 Hello. Hello. Yes. Now, I'm going to get a Nicholas. Yes. Yes. William. Yes. William.
00:26 Oh, your excellency.
00:31 I'm really humbled to speak to you.
00:34 Nicola
00:55 Nicola
00:58 Yes, Mosimo?
01:00 This fertilizer, did you get it to help you plant your crops in the field?
01:10 Yes, I got it, Mosimo.
01:13 Yes.
01:14 I got it, I used it, and it's doing well.
01:22 It's doing well, yes?
01:23 Yes.
01:24 What crop are you planting?
01:28 I'm planting Mahindi, Maharaje, and a small Pamba.
01:35 A Pamba, yes?
01:36 Yes.
01:37 So that fertilizer is helping you with your crop?
01:40 Yes, I'm using it for that crop.
01:43 What crop were you planting in the field?
01:48 I was planting a crop of 5,000 to 6,000 shillings.
01:55 And now, our field has been planted a little, right?
02:03 Yes, it's been planted a little, but the crop of 5,000 to 6,000 shillings is a big crop.
02:11 Ok, I saw, because I told you that this fertilizer is good for growing food, we need to plant it so that many people can get it.
02:25 Yes.
02:26 That's why we did that fertilizer.
02:30 Thank you very much, Mosimo.
02:32 So, do you think that's a good fertilizer to continue with?
02:37 Yes, this is a good fertilizer, you can plant it again.
02:41 Some of the crops that died in the past, they started to be planted again.
02:47 I have planted it in the same place, and I see that there are differences in the crop that I planted.
02:57 It's an Indonesian, and the same type of soil that we use for our crops.
03:01 So, the first crop was planted.
03:07 Ok, the first crop was planted.
03:09 Yes, it was planted, so we can't get that crop.
03:12 So, your plan is to make it reach the market?
03:18 Yes, to reach the market.
03:21 So that we can use it for...
03:23 So, there are some farmers here in Kuamba, and they might not have money.
03:34 Yes.
03:35 So, even if they can't go to Kuamba, they can get it on loan.
03:45 On credit.
03:47 On credit, for their needs.
03:50 Yes.
03:51 So, if they can't get it, it's a problem.
03:58 You can't get what you could get.
04:02 Exactly.
04:03 So, you're saying two things.
04:07 First, to get it to the market, not to be sold.
04:12 Yes, to the market.
04:13 And number two, to see how we can get credit.
04:17 Exactly.
04:18 So, we can get credit, and when someone goes to get it,
04:24 they take it to the market and use it there.
04:28 Yes.
04:29 I've heard you, Nicholas.
04:32 Let me try to call you.
04:35 Yes, excellent. Thank you very much.
04:37 Yes.
04:38 And you'll say hi to your children?
04:40 Yes, I'll say hi.
04:42 And your mother and everyone else?
04:44 Yes, everyone.
04:48 I'm really humbled to speak to you honestly.
04:55 Thank you, my brother. Thank you.
04:57 I really...
04:58 I met you here, Samia.
05:01 Yes.
05:02 And I didn't see you.
05:04 Now, you're in your own house.
05:07 It's close, but I didn't see you there.
05:11 It's difficult to get there?
05:14 Yes, next time you come,
05:16 I'll make sure I'll be there.
05:19 You tell me who you'll call,
05:21 even if we're far away.
05:23 We'll see, Nicholas.
05:26 Thank you very much.
05:28 Thank you.
05:29 God bless you.
05:30 God bless you.
05:31 And help me prepare food.
05:34 Yes.
05:35 Because it's the only medicine.
05:37 There's no other medicine.
05:38 Or do you think there's another medicine in the house?
05:42 No, food is important.
05:44 Yes.
05:45 And if people have food, it'll make them feel better.
05:47 Yes.
05:48 And I'm sure a lot of things will go well.
05:51 Even if you don't have a lot of money,
05:52 you can still get by.
05:54 It can help.
05:55 Yes, food is the key to everything.
05:58 Yes.
05:59 Yes, food is the key to everything.
06:02 Yes.
06:03 And then, if you ask the other people
06:05 who are in charge of food,
06:08 Yes.
06:09 If they're ex-counselors or extension officers,
06:14 Yes.
06:15 They can also be available
06:17 Yes.
06:18 to teach them how to farm.
06:21 Yes.
06:22 To learn how to farm.
06:26 Yes.
06:27 Yes.
06:28 Thank you.
06:29 And you told me you farm with a pamba.
06:32 Yes, I do a little pamba.
06:34 So, how does the pamba go on?
06:37 You know, the climate has gone down a bit.
06:40 We're trying to build...
06:42 I spoke to your governor and other governors.
06:46 We'll see how we can manage it.
06:48 Because we have a good supply of pamba now.
06:52 Yes.
06:53 So, how is your thing going?
06:56 I think mine is going well.
06:58 Yes.
06:59 I planted a mile back.
07:01 It's like an experiment.
07:03 Yes.
07:04 But I'm still not sure how it's going to turn out.
07:07 Okay.
07:08 The pamba we got, the seeds we got,
07:11 Yes.
07:12 the seeds,
07:13 Yes.
07:14 are doing well.
07:15 Okay.
07:16 Okay.
07:17 I think when there's a lot of rain,
07:21 Yes.
07:22 and you can see that it can last until January,
07:26 Yes.
07:27 when it's time to harvest the pamba,
07:30 Can it bring in the rain?
07:32 It can bring in the rain.
07:34 Okay.
07:35 So, I can say that if people are happy,
07:39 Yes.
07:40 that the pamba is doing well,
07:42 when it's time to harvest,
07:44 Yes.
07:45 they can try again.
07:46 Okay.
07:47 They can try again.
07:48 Okay.
07:49 And the two things that we started with,
07:55 Yes.
07:56 is the bay.
07:58 You can see the bay down there.
08:00 Yes.
08:01 So, how much is the bay you've been told?
08:04 I haven't been told much,
08:06 but I think between maybe 60-65 kilos.
08:10 Okay.
08:11 But how much would you say a good bay would be?
08:14 60 or a little bit?
08:16 As for me,
08:18 Yes.
08:19 when I saw the pamba I had harvested,
08:22 Yes.
08:23 I was reckoning on something like 80-85.
08:27 80-85.
08:28 Yes.
08:29 Okay.
08:30 I've heard your concerns.
08:32 I will work with the other experts,
08:36 with our experts,
08:38 Yes.
08:39 so that we know how we can help you
08:41 to get a good bay.
08:43 Okay.
08:44 Thank you very much, Your Excellency.
08:45 Thank you, my brother.
08:46 I wish you well.
08:47 Thank you very much.
08:48 Thank you.
08:49 Thank you.
08:50 It's been great to have a chance to speak to you.
08:51 Yes.
08:52 Hello.
08:53 Hello.
08:54 Yes.
08:55 My name is William Ruto.
08:57 I would like to speak to Alice Nato.
08:59 Oh, Alice Nato is here.
09:02 Hello, Alice.
09:03 Very good.
09:05 Are you well?
09:06 I am well.
09:08 How is your home?
09:10 My home is good.
09:12 What is your name?
09:15 Bungoma?
09:16 I am Bungoma.
09:18 Yes.
09:19 Shitiho.
09:20 Oh, Shitiho.
09:21 Yes.
09:22 I have been to Shitiho a few times.
09:25 Yes.
09:26 Okay.
09:27 So, Alice, what do you do for a living?
09:30 I am a farmer.
09:32 A farmer, yes?
09:34 Yes.
09:35 Do many farmers in Bungoma, like the ones in Sengishu and other places, farm?
09:43 Some of them farm rice.
09:46 Most of them farm rice.
09:48 Oh, rice, yes?
09:50 Yes.
09:51 Okay.
09:52 So, how many cows have you farmed, Alice?
09:57 I have farmed five cows.
10:00 Five, yes?
10:01 Yes.
10:02 Okay.
10:03 Did you get a cow?
10:06 I got a cow from the President's farm.
10:11 Yes.
10:12 I took it.
10:14 How did you get it? Did you get it by chance or did you get it with someone?
10:18 I got it by chance. I went and bought it.
10:22 Did you register it as a farmer?
10:25 Yes, I registered it as a farmer.
10:27 I went and took it.
10:29 Okay.
10:30 How much did you pay for one cow?
10:35 I was paying about five hundred or so.
10:39 I think it was about two hundred.
10:42 But how much did you pay for the other cow?
10:46 I was paying about six hundred.
10:50 Six hundred?
10:52 Yes, six hundred.
10:54 Oh, oh, oh.
10:55 Like the cow you farmed?
10:57 Like the cow I farmed.
10:59 But the cow...
11:01 Yes.
11:02 I am thankful that the President has approved it.
11:05 Yes.
11:06 So that our family will be happy.
11:08 So, in your opinion, how much do you think the income of the farmers is?
11:17 The income of the farmers is good.
11:20 When I was young, I earned two hundred.
11:24 But the farmers have earned one hundred and twenty.
11:27 I earned one hundred and forty.
11:29 Then I finished it.
11:31 I have one hundred and twenty left.
11:33 You have one hundred and twenty left.
11:35 Yes.
11:36 So you have almost doubled from last year?
11:38 I have doubled from last year.
11:41 Yes, I am sorry.
11:43 Amen.
11:44 That is very good.
11:47 So, before, you could not buy a cow to milk or what?
11:54 Or you knew it was a bad thing?
11:56 Before, it was a bad thing because I used to buy one cow and milk it little by little.
12:03 But now, at least you can buy a cow to milk twice.
12:10 Because if you buy one, you can buy two.
12:14 Yes.
12:15 And back then, you used to buy one and milk it twice.
12:18 Yes.
12:19 So, it helps you to talk about the income.
12:23 It helps me to talk about the income.
12:25 Yes.
12:26 That is very good.
12:28 So, now, you have your own farm.
12:33 Is that your family's farm or you will get another one to sell?
12:38 It is the family's farm.
12:41 Then, there are some who are teachers.
12:45 Then, you know, I am a single lady.
12:48 So, I send them here and there.
12:50 Okay.
12:51 So, there are others you will sell to neighbors and take to the market?
12:56 Yes, there are others I will sell to neighbors and take to the market.
13:00 Yes.
13:01 That is good because you know there are other Kenyans who are teachers.
13:07 Yes.
13:08 And they ask you to give them food when you get it.
13:13 Yes.
13:14 Then, we help our neighbors to sell it.
13:16 Because you know, sometimes, the medicine is bad.
13:19 You know, it is food and we have to throw it away.
13:22 Yes, the medicine is bad.
13:23 It is food and we have to throw it away.
13:25 Yes.
13:26 Okay.
13:27 So, if I were to ask you, what is your opinion?
13:37 Should I continue with this business because it helps them or would you like to change it for what?
13:48 Or what are your preferences?
13:50 My opinion is that you should continue because if you leave others, we will get sick.
13:56 Yes.
13:57 So, we will leave the fields and sleep.
13:59 Even now, I have planted a wimpy in the field.
14:01 You have planted a wimpy?
14:02 Yes, it is the second season of wimpy.
14:04 Yes.
14:05 So, you know, if you leave, we will stay if we get sick.
14:11 So, you want to sell the seeds?
14:13 So, we should continue?
14:14 Yes, we should continue.
14:15 We are happy with that project.
14:17 Yes, and you would like to increase the income of the farmers, other food, even the wimpy.
14:27 What would you like to do to help that field?
14:31 To grow food.
14:34 I would like to help the farmers to get sick.
14:41 Yes.
14:42 I would like to help them to get sick.
14:45 Yes.
14:46 I would like to help them to get sick.
14:49 I know that there is nothing to be ashamed of.
14:52 You should work hard.
14:53 Yes.
14:54 Even if they say that life is bottom up, you should work hard.
14:58 So, if we work hard, you will see that we will send you to the top and we will send you to the poor in Kenya.
15:07 Absolutely.
15:08 Because if you see me, I am a single lady.
15:12 If you see me now, I have food in my house.
15:16 I eat, I drink, I educate the children.
15:20 Yes.
15:21 Even if you help us, you will continue.
15:25 Very good.
15:26 So, don't give up.
15:29 I will continue with that.
15:31 I have been farming until I have raised 3500.
15:38 I have been farming until I have raised 2500.
15:43 I have been farming until I have raised 2500.
15:47 Oh, that's why you have been planting this seedling.
15:50 I have been planting this seedling.
15:51 I have seen that the field is full.
15:53 Yes.
15:54 I have to plant it.
15:55 Ah, very good.
15:57 That's the problem, mama.
15:58 I know that the medicine of this land of Kenya is to help us to plant like a seedling,
16:06 to raise it, to leave for our children to eat,
16:10 to sell it to other people so that we can feed other Kenyans who buy our food.
16:15 Yes, thank you.
16:16 Is that what you mean?
16:17 Yes, thank you.
16:18 So, I am very grateful, mama.
16:21 I wish you health and I wish you the blessings of God.
16:24 Yes, thank you.
16:25 I will come and find you again when I go to that farm.
16:28 Thank you.
16:29 Okay?
16:30 I am very happy.
16:31 Yes.
16:32 You were there in Milo, and now I am here in Yalusi.
16:35 Yes, I was in Milo.
16:37 I am from Yalusi, just next to Musiambu.
16:41 Oh, the one who was doing business with you, that Musiambu?
16:45 Yes.
16:46 Is he your neighbor?
16:47 Yes, he is my neighbor.
16:49 Ah, very good.
16:50 Thank you.
16:51 Okay, thank you very much, mama.
16:53 I am also very grateful.
16:55 Yes.
16:56 Thank you very much.
16:57 You see, my farm has done a lot of good things for you and the President.
17:01 I am very happy.
17:02 Thank you very much.
17:05 I am also very happy with your farm.
17:09 Thank you.
17:10 May you continue to grow well in Kenya.
17:12 We are praying for you.
17:13 Thank you very much.
17:14 I am very happy with the work you have given me.
17:16 Yes, it is a bit difficult, but you will overcome it.
17:22 We are also praying for you.
17:23 Thank you very much, mama.
17:24 Thank you.
17:25 God bless.
17:26 Thank you.
17:27 Thank you.
17:28 And please send my regards to your children.
17:29 Thank you.
17:30 I will send my regards.
17:31 Yes.
17:32 Thank you.
17:33 Goodbye.
17:34 Goodbye.
17:35 Yes.
17:36 Hello?
17:37 Hello?
17:38 Hello?
17:39 Harrison?
17:40 How are you?
17:41 How are you in Mombasa?
17:42 My name is William Ruto.
17:54 I am talking to Harrison.
17:58 How is business?
18:04 Are you doing well?
18:14 I am doing well with my business.
18:17 Thank you.
18:18 Thank you very much.
18:19 Now, Harrison, I have tried to introduce you to Harrison.
18:29 I was in Mombasa.
18:34 I don't know how you are doing in Mombasa.
18:41 I am sorry, but I couldn't get there.
18:46 Maybe next time I come, I will get there.
18:53 Now, Harrison, what business are you doing?
18:59 I am a tuk-tuk driver.
19:03 Now, have you heard of Hassler Fund?
19:13 Yes.
19:28 Have you ever registered?
19:46 Yes.
20:08 How many years have you been in Mombasa?
20:32 I am 26 years old.
20:39 How much do you earn?
20:42 Do you save?
20:43 Do you have a savings product?
20:46 Yes.
21:10 How much do you earn?
21:20 I save about $1,000 a year.
21:40 How would you like to help Hassler Fund?
22:08 I am a tuk-tuk driver.
22:23 I would like to save money to get a deposit.
22:52 How much do you earn?
23:03 I earn about $1,000 a year.
23:17 How much do you earn?
23:27 I earn about $1,000 a year.
23:37 How would you like to help Hassler Fund?
24:05 OK, Harrison.
24:10 Yes.
24:15 Yes.
24:28 OK, Harrison.
24:32 OK, thank you.
24:40 Hello.
25:00 Hello.
25:28 Hello.
25:30 Very good.
25:32 Yes.
25:33 I have called you to ask about the situation.
25:39 I would like to know if you have heard about Community Health Promoters.
25:48 Yes, I have heard about it.
25:51 I am the coordinator of the community health promoters.
25:54 Oh, you are the coordinator.
25:56 Yes, I am the coordinator of the community health promoters.
25:58 Yes.
25:59 So, CHP?
26:00 Yes.
26:04 We started in June.
26:06 We received a phone call from the Minister, the Chief Executive Officer.
26:12 He gave us a phone call on April 27th.
26:16 One month later, he gave us this phone call.
26:20 We prepared and sent it to Ambrose Health in Africa.
26:29 They supported us and we started training.
26:32 Yes.
26:33 So, today is the third week.
26:35 We have finished training for 200 CHP.
26:38 Tomorrow, we will continue for another 220.
26:43 Yes.
26:44 We have started a long sub-country.
26:48 Yes.
26:49 So, when we finish, if we have completed the training for the other two,
26:56 we will start training for the other two.
27:03 Very good.
27:04 Thank you very much.
27:07 What is the program?
27:09 Did you receive the kits?
27:12 Yes, we received the kits.
27:15 We received them but we have 38 pieces of the kit.
27:20 We will see how we receive them.
27:29 How many pieces did you receive?
27:35 We received 8, 6 and 31.
27:39 That is what we received.
27:42 We have 38 pieces.
27:47 38?
27:50 Yes, only 38.
27:51 Very good.
27:52 We will train for two weeks and then we will start training for the other two.
28:00 How is the work of the Community Health Promoter going?
28:05 We are very grateful for the work.
28:09 I am a worker in Congo.
28:14 I have been working for 87 years.
28:17 You mean the work of the Community Health Promoter?
28:20 No, the work of the Health Promoter.
28:23 I am a health worker.
28:26 I am very grateful for your hard work.
28:32 You have been working for the health workers.
28:39 I am very grateful for your hard work.
28:45 I have heard that you are a health worker.
28:51 Yes.
28:52 You have been promoted.
28:55 You have been promoted.
29:00 You have been promoted.
29:02 I was very excited.
29:06 Some of the health workers said they were not used to using smartphones.
29:10 But they are really excited.
29:15 I am telling you, over two days, and this is the third day, you won't believe it.
29:20 We have our Community Health Assistant.
29:25 Thank you.
29:30 We are very grateful.
29:33 I wanted to know how things are going.
29:38 I wanted to know where to start.
29:41 Where to start to talk more.
29:44 Because we want to do the health bottom-up.
29:50 We want to start in the community, in the house of the people,
29:55 so that we can educate them about their health.
29:59 Thank you.
30:00 We are also fighting the drug, which is still being brought in.
30:03 We are fighting it.
30:07 But I am very grateful to you.
30:10 Thank you very much.
30:15 Thank you very much.
30:16 God bless.
30:17 Thank you.
30:18 Hello.
30:23 Hello.
30:24 I am asking you to speak to Masoud.
30:28 Hello.
30:31 I am asking you to speak to Masoud.
30:33 Yes.
30:34 My name is Masoud Diriye Abdullahi, CHP, from Farisa County, Rewarun.
30:40 Ah, Diriye Ujambo.
30:44 Hello.
30:48 My name is William Ruto.
30:50 Okay.
30:52 I saw you called me.
30:55 Yes.
30:56 I wanted to know how you are.
30:58 Yes.
30:59 And I wanted to know how your car is.
31:01 My car is very good.
31:03 No problem.
31:04 We got a lot of food.
31:05 Yes.
31:06 And there, hello.
31:09 We got a problem at the hospital.
31:13 Okay.
31:14 We were doing work.
31:16 We were mobilizing and we were continuing work.
31:19 Okay.
31:21 I don't know if you know, Mr. Diriye, if you know about the Community Health Promoters' Program.
31:27 Yes.
31:28 Do you know about that program?
31:31 I know about that program.
31:32 I know it very well.
31:34 Yes.
31:35 And we are very happy that you have started that program.
31:38 It is for people with cancer.
31:40 CHP for cancer.
31:41 Okay.
31:42 How long have you been working for CHP?
31:45 I have been working since 2011.
31:48 Oh, 2011.
31:49 Yes.
31:50 Oh my God.
31:51 You are a veteran there.
31:54 I am there now.
31:56 I have done well.
31:59 Okay.
32:01 Thank you very much.
32:03 So, how do you see that program?
32:05 Did you get a kit?
32:07 I got a kit.
32:08 I got it two weeks ago.
32:10 I got a kit and I am still working on it.
32:14 Very good.
32:15 And did you get a phone?
32:17 I haven't got a phone yet.
32:20 I haven't got a phone yet, but I have got a kit.
32:24 I have got all the machines.
32:26 All the machines you got, are they working?
32:29 They are working.
32:30 Today, we were doing a little practical.
32:34 Very good.
32:35 So, how many people have you seen get those kits?
32:40 I have got those kits.
32:42 I have got those kits for people with blood pressure.
32:45 I have got those kits for people who are near the field.
32:48 I am the only one who has got those kits if I have pressure.
32:52 So, you started to work on yourself?
32:55 I started.
32:56 I started with myself.
32:58 Okay.
32:59 I am the only one who has got those kits if I have pressure.
33:03 So, you started to work on yourself?
33:06 I started to work on myself.
33:08 I was working on the phone.
33:11 I was working on the phone.
33:14 Okay.
33:15 Yes.
33:16 So, you are working with your own hands?
33:19 Yes.
33:20 It was just to check yourself and know that you have got the equipment?
33:24 Yes.
33:25 And I am asking you to take care of the people who are outside.
33:30 Yes.
33:31 Because that is the reason why we have got those kits.
33:35 That is why our work is so important.
33:38 Yes.
33:39 Right?
33:40 Absolutely.
33:41 Absolutely.
33:42 And we are very happy.
33:43 We are very happy.
33:44 If you are our president, we are very happy that you have promoted us.
33:48 We will do our best.
33:49 We will do our best, father.
33:50 Thank you very much.
33:51 Thank you very much.
33:52 And may God bless you.
33:53 And may God bless you.
33:54 We are very happy that you are here.
33:56 Yes.
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