Azimio Campaign Spokesperson Prof Makau Mutua's swipe at President William Ruto's multi-billion Hustler Fund project elicited debate among Kenyans.
On Wednesday, January 35, Mutua opined that the Ksh500 loan limit offered to Kenyans under the fund offered very little reprieve and could not even enable Kenyans to get a haircut.
He argued that the inflation in the country and the high cost of living rendered Ksh500 useless and that loan applicants were being short-changed.
"They (government) have given people Ksh500 in the so-called Hustler Fund, an insult of the worst kind. Kenyans can do nothing, they cannot even get their head shaved," Mutua stated on JKLive.
Mutua was immediately rebutted by Communication Strategist Barack Muluka, a joint guest on the show, who likened him to a bourgeoisie who was not alive to the plight of the ordinary citizens.
"This a rich man talking, a man who has never slept hungry. He does not understand what a poor man can do with Ksh500," Muluka countered.
The two agreed that the economy was in a sorry state, but each pointed a blaming finger on the opposing political fronts they support.
Online, Kenyans agreed and differed with Mutua in equal measure on the cost of a haircut.
"Mutua and his team lost touch with the ground long ago and that is why understanding the value of Ksh500 is a problem," a Kenyan opined.
"I have taken the fund three times totalling Ksh1,710 already and it generated Ksh21,000 in a period of one month. What is the Prof talking about!" a beneficiary of the fund stated.
However, an opposing faction agreed that the loan limit could not get Kenyans a haircut in some areas and poked holes in what business can thrive with the funds.
"It is neither huge nor small but it depends on who issues the money. A government which claims that it's co-founded of hustlers giving them Ksh500 is the most hilarious joke," a tweep noted.
"Those pretending the money is a lot to a poor man can not show a single person who has been successful with it. With their daily elevation of taxes one can barely start a corn-roasting business," a second opinion read.
