News that Deputy president William Ruto is building a 1.2 Billion house in Uasin Gishu have been trending on social media since the star Newspaper broke the story.
According to the Star Newspaper , The stately home is estimated to sit on 20 acres, part of 700 acres bought by the DP in Moiben constituency.
A Chinese construction company has already laid the foundation for the main house, a guest wing, two swimming pools, a library, gym and other lavish facilities.
Here are some views from Kenyans on social media I see no problem this guy building a 1.2billion house in Uasin Gishu — Proffesor Bamba (@xhakhe) October 21, 2015 I saw this thing and thought it was a factory or something @TheStarKenya Ruto building 1.2b https://t.co/nZG3l0g2sq pic.twitter.com/IW0aChJyVd — Tony Swaka (@tonyswaka) October 21, 2015 Kenya wakes up to interesting news as usual. The Deputy president, Ruto is building a 1.2Bn home in Uasin Gishu on a 600 acre piece of land. — Fiona (@fiona_theartist) October 21, 2015 Nothing wrong with Ruto building a 1.2B home in Uasin Gishu,for heaven sake he deserves a 10B house #KOT ed the star must stop being petty
— Eric Kogi (@erickogi) October 21, 2015 Why is Ruto building a house in Uasin Gishu yet he operates from Nairobi? Even Kibaki doesn't stay at his Othaya home ICC kujieni mtu wenu — arsenal 2- Bayern 0 (@_Musyoki_) October 21, 2015 Wait, so Ruto is building a Ksh 1.2 Billion home estimated to sit on 20 acres of land. Khai! 1.2 Billion. Ngai atuteithie..... Ma Ngai!!
— Kwamboka (@YvonneNyamao) October 21, 2015 If u earn a net salary of 500K pm,it will take you 200 years to earn the 1.2 Billion that DP Ruto is spending on his rural home @TheBahati — Kenya West© (@KinyanBoy) October 21, 2015 Dep President is building a 1.2B home in Moiben & you dare say we are broke? Ruto is a chess player, ready for 2022 pic.twitter.com/VTNLc7SaLS — SokoAnalyst (@SokoAnalyst) October 21, 2015 William Ruto is building a Ksh 1,200,000,000 home on a 600-acre piece of land. True hustler. pic.twitter.com/1VK46I8VvI — James Smart (@jamessmat) October 21, 2015 How can Ruto be building a sh1.2b home yet his Salary is about sh1.5m which is sh18m per year? He will earn a max. of 90m for the 5yrs as DP
— jacob juma (@kabetes) October 21, 2015 How can Ruto be building a sh1.2 billion home yet in 2013 he was begging for sh10m to launch URP? Jirongo gave him money he got from NSSF — jacob juma (@kabetes) October 21, 2015 280000 teachers were on a strike for five weeks demanding kshs 1.4 billion. Ruto is building a kshs 1.2 billion home in Moiben.
— Mathaland™ (@MwalimuTony) October 21, 2015