A woman in the streets of Nairobi was spotted with a bhang leaf tattoo drawing, sketched on her forehead in honour of Roots Party presidential candidate, George Wajackoyah. 

The unidentified lady – who was interviewed by a local blog in a video shared on Wednesday, July 13 – stated that she was in awe of Wajackoya’s manifesto and would love to see him win the August 9 polls. 

“We ought to elect a president who would legalize bhang farming and consumption,” she urged, noting that the drug is illegal in the country. On her tattoo, she claimed that she received mixed reactions from her partner and family members, but was ready to face any consequences whatsoever. 

“My boyfriend is okay with it. So were my parents. But when my uncles saw me, they convinced my mother to advise me to remove it.

“That’s when she started pressuring me,” the lady stated.

Wajackoyah has faced sharp criticism for championing the legalization of bhang farming and use the proceeds from the same to clear Kenya’s debts, along with exporting hyena testicles, selling dog meat, and rearing snakes. 

“I will refer you to the first 100 days. They will be days of disaster. I will be inheriting a government that is bankrupt, debt-ridden and burdened by a lot of issues.

“Economic dictatorship helps, and I can tell Kenyans that I will be a dictator as far as the economy of this country is concerned,” he stated during an interview with KTN News on Sunday, July 10. 

Meanwhile, a photo of a woman with Deputy President William Ruto’s tattoo has also been doing rounds online. The woman sketched the phrase ‘Ruto the 5th’ on her left arm.  

Politicians’ staunch followers have also been spotted customising their vehicles and houses and printing t-shirts to show their solidarity ahead of the August elections. 

In May 2021, Silas Wanjeru, 36, pushed a wheelbarrow all the way from Nakuru to Karen, Nairobi to deliver a sculpture to Deputy President, William Ruto. 

Wanjeru covered a distance of nearly 155 kilometres by foot.