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The Head of State also recognized the now viral \u2018Kasongo\u2019 song that has recently become popular across the country, and which partly brought forth the nickname, saying he has no issue with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKuna watu wengine wako huko kwa mitandao hawataki sana tuseme hiyo mambo kwa sababu wanataka tu kuendelea kusema hakuna kazi inaendelea huku Kenya, fitina, story\u2026mara Kasongo, Zakayo,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHiyo Kasongo ni sawa, ni wimbo mzuri ambao ulikuwa unaendelea so tuendelee nayo. Ile ya Zakayo pia si mbaya kwa sababu tunakusanya ushuru ya kupeleka Kenya mbele. Hiyo ni sawa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Ruto also likened the Zakayo moniker to the Biblical character by the same name, urging people to be like him so that they can also be used and visited by God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNa kwanza Zakayo ndio Mungu alimtembelea; sasa wewe hujakuwa Zakayo utatembelewa na Mungu namna gani?\u201d He posed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2019Kasongo\u2019 is derived from a Rhumba song by the popular band Super Orchestra Mazembe whose lyrics revolve around a woman urging her husband, Kasongo, to return to their marriage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President William Ruto says he likes the new \u2018Kasongo\u2019 moniker that Kenyans online christened him across social media platforms. Speaking on Friday in Bungoma County during the burial of National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula\u2019s mother Maayi Nanyama, the President lightly joked about \u2018Kasongo\u2019 and \u2018Zakayo\u2019 names referring to them as good. The Head of State…<\/p>\n