{"id":4829,"date":"2025-11-14T18:33:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/?p=4829"},"modified":"2025-11-14T18:33:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T18:33:37","slug":"heshimu-kalonzomachakos-residents-reject-rutos-chant-ruto-wantam-as-machakos-governor-wavinya-ndeti-slams-president-ruto-over-his-disrespectful-remarks-towards-wiper-leader-kalonzo-musy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/14\/heshimu-kalonzomachakos-residents-reject-rutos-chant-ruto-wantam-as-machakos-governor-wavinya-ndeti-slams-president-ruto-over-his-disrespectful-remarks-towards-wiper-leader-kalonzo-musy\/","title":{"rendered":"Heshimu Kalonzo:Machakos Residents Reject Ruto\u2019s chant &#8220;RUTO WANTAM&#8221;  as Machakos governor Wavinya Ndeti Slams President Ruto over his disrespectful remarks towards Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and opposition."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President William Ruto\u2019s tour of Ukambani has exploded into a major political fight after Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti strongly criticized him for saying that opposition leaders like Kalonzo Musyoka \u201chave no brains.\u201d The remarks angered many Ukambani residents, who said a President should unite the country, not insult leaders and provoke communities. What was supposed to be a development tour quickly turned into a storm of angry reactions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4830\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4830\" style=\"width: 257px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4830 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141934676-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141934676-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141934676-878x1024.jpg 878w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141934676-768x896.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141934676-1024x1195.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141934676.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture: Governor wavinya Ndeti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4831\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141966992-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141966992-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141966992-834x1024.jpg 834w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141966992-768x943.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141966992-1251x1536.jpg 1251w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141966992-1024x1257.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141966992.jpg 1432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Governor Wavinya spoke firmly and made it clear she was deeply offended by Ruto\u2019s words. She said it was wrong and disrespectful for the President to visit Ukambani only to insult Kalonzo Musyoka, a leader many people in the region respect. Using a simple but powerful example, she said, \u201cWhen you insult the father of the house and say he has no brains, you have insulted the whole family.\u201d She added that Kalonzo would never go to Ruto\u2019s home village of Sugoi to insult him because that would be reckless, shameful, and morally wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Wavinya also explained that the Machakos county leadership chose not to join Ruto\u2019s tour because of the insults he made earlier in Kitui and Makueni. She said they could not stand beside him in Machakos only for him to continue attacking Kalonzo and other opposition leaders. According to her, the county leadership decided they would not support a tour filled with disrespect and harsh political language.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4832\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763141826736-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763141826736-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763141826736-1024x855.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763141826736-768x641.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763141826736.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4833\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763141812672-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763141812672-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763141812672-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763141812672-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FB_IMG_1763141812672.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Machakos town, the public anger was loud and clear. Residents shouted \u201cRuto WANTAM!\u201d, promising they will make sure he does not get re-elected in 2027. Videos of the angry crowd have already spread online, sending a strong message across the country that the Kamba community is tired of insults and will not accept disrespect towards Kalonzo Musyoka. Locals praised Governor Wavinya and her team for staying away from Ruto\u2019s tour, saying they had expected development, not insults, from a presidential visit.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-4829-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"1138\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/a68adb1d4213a464f10b98b03a2bb4ff.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/a68adb1d4213a464f10b98b03a2bb4ff.mp4\">https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/a68adb1d4213a464f10b98b03a2bb4ff.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President William Ruto\u2019s tour of Ukambani has exploded into a major political fight after Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","category-politics"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141934676-1.jpg",1080,1260,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141934676-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141934676-1-257x300.jpg",257,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141934676-1-768x896.jpg",640,747,true],"large":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141934676-1-878x1024.jpg",640,746,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141934676-1.jpg",1080,1260,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141934676-1.jpg",1080,1260,false],"morenews-featured":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141934676-1-1024x1195.jpg",1024,1195,true],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141934676-1-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763141934676-1-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Kambaland Times","author_link":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/author\/kituitimes\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/category\/newsbeat\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Newsbeat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/category\/politics\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Politics<\/a>","tag_info":"Politics","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4836,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4829\/revisions\/4836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}