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President William Ruto put a teacher on the spot during a public address when he used a live arithmetic exercise to explain his government's proposed Pay As You Earn (PAYE) relief, and the teacher stumbled twice before getting the answer right.
Ruto was addressing teachers during the Kenya Comprehensive Schools Heads Association Annual General Meeting and Conference at Sheikh Zayed Children Welfare Centre in Nyali, Mombasa, on Thursday, November 12.
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He used the occasion to challenge his critics, whom he accused of misleading the country that his administration is overtaxing civil servants. To make his case, the President turned directly to a teacher at the podium and walked her through a series of calculations.
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Using the example of a teacher earning KSh 50,000, Ruto asked what 1.5%, the housing levy deduction, would amount to. The teacher, who had a calculator in hand, initially responded with "seven hundred and fifty million" before quickly correcting himself to KSh 750. Ruto accepted the answer, though he noted the teacher had not exceeded expectations.
