Unlike the politicians of yore, former Presidential contender George Wajackoyah is leading a new frontier of leaders who reach out to their supporters despite losing an election.
On Wednesday, November 9, the lawyer abruptly stopped at a construction site in Kisumu to surprise the workers at work.
A video clip seen by Kenyans.co.ke showed the politicians giving handouts to the more than a dozen ecstatic workers.
In a statement, the former Presidential contender, who advocated for the legalisation of marijuana use for medicinal purposes, also promised to link up the workers with jobs.
He explained that he was touched by their selflessness when they volunteered and helped him steer his campaigns ahead of the August 9 General Election.
"Sharing. The young men and women volunteered and supported me during the campaign.
"I found them doing their hustle in Kogony, Kisumu County and promised to aid them secure employment," stated the politician.
Wajackoyah put up a spirited fight with the help of young men and women who identified with his ideologies.
Outrageous at first, the public warmed up to his economic-recovery promises of legalising medicinal marijuana and exporting snake venom and hyenas' testicles.
He also adopted a youthful campaign strategy in which he wore a tracksuit, t-shirt and headscarf, endearing himself to the youth.
Wajakoya was also backed by volunteers who idolised and respected him for rising from abject poverty, as a street boy and grave digger in the UK, to holding numerous degrees and eventually running for the presidency.
So successful was his operation that critics and reviews initially projected that he would disrupt the two-horse race and cause a run-off - all on a fraction of billions spent by the other contenders.
The operation got him from obscurity to snatching 0.4 per cent of the vote - a total of 61,969 votes. President William Ruto won with 50.2 per cent, while Azimio La Umoja flagbearer Raila followed with 48.8 Per cent.
Below is the video:
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