Truth behind Matiang’i and Rachel Ruto’s trending photo, minutes after case was dropped.
Yesterday, a photo captured between the former interior CS and the first lady Rachel Ruto trended all over the internet.
Netizens raised questions of whether a deal was being brokered between President William Ruto and Fred Matiang’i who is a Raila Die hard.
However, The truth behind the Matiang’i and Rachel’s photo is that, the photo was taken on October 22, 2019, and not in 2023, as many assumed.
The first lady Rachel Ruto, then second lady, posted the photo after she hosted Matiang’i for a meeting regarding projects undertaken by women prisoners.
The first lady wrote,”We would like to thank our CS, Dr Fred Matiang’i, Interior Cabinet Secretary, for the great support and visiting the Cross stitch International Exhibition at the Michael Joseph centre this morning.”
“Together, we continue to support our ladies in prison and give them hope and dignity,” the first lady stated then.
This photo circulated Moments after the director of public prosecutions, Ordered the DCI to close Matiang’i’s file of Inquiry, thereby dropping the charges.
Before that, Another photo had circulated, which had captured a meeting between the CS education, Ezekiel Machogu and Fred Matiang’i.
It was later established that Machogu met up with all leaders from Gusii to discuss matters development.
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