Ruto Installed as Teso Elder as Busia Leaders Back His 2027 Re-election Bid
During the engagement, Ruto was installed as a Teso elder and given the traditional title Ojokotau, meaning “one with a big heart.”
President William Ruto hosted grassroots leaders from the Teso community in Busia County on Saturday, as he intensified his outreach efforts ahead of the 2027 General Election. The meeting, held at State Lodge in Eldoret, saw Ruto install himself as a Teso elder, receiving the traditional title Ojokotau, which means "one with a big heart." Teso South MP Mary Emaase expressed her support for Ruto's bid to secure a second term in office.
The gathering comes as the President makes countrywide tours and consultations with various communities, religious groups, and professionals. These engagements are seen as crucial for consolidating political support across the nation as Ruto prepares to seek re-election in 2027. Teso leaders from Busia pledged their backing to Ruto's re-election campaign, indicating growing political mobilisation within the community.
Ruto has been stepping up his engagements outside Nairobi in recent months, using development tours and meetings with local leaders to strengthen his political networks and promote his administration's agenda. The Teso community, primarily located in Busia County and parts of neighboring Uganda, has historically been a significant voting bloc in western Kenya.
Saturday's meeting offered the community's grassroots leadership an opportunity to reaffirm its political alignment with the President ahead of the next General Election.
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