'I was never paid for Emceeing UDA wheelbarrow launch'

MAUREEN WARUINGE ENTERTAINMENT JOURNALIST

08 December 2023

• UDa launched the wheelbarrow movement in 2021

• Antoneosoul among other celebs were present

Media personality Anto Neosoul has confessed that he was not paid for the MC hosting gig he was contracted to do for President Ruto's wheelbarrow party launch in 2021.

Videos of Anto Neosoul and other celebrities pushing Ruto as he sat on the wheelbarrow are trending online.

A Kenyan on X.com ConradKulo used the video to talk about youth

"In the previous episode of Mboka na William Ruto, vijana waomoke." he laughed as another tagged Anto Neosoul with a GIF prompting the media personality to confess he wasn't paid.

"And you know I don’t play with my money! But wueeeeh" Anto wrote

Here are more comments from Anto Neosoul and fans

@Maw1ra....Hiyo kubebwa ndio ilikua pay yako ni kama130...@antoneosoul·...A literal FREE RIDE!

@AyTanzania....Hukuapply ile trick ya Lagos?2208.7KAnto Neosoul @antoneosoul·....Hehehe you taught me to never let people play with my money…. I’ll never forget that… but nilipatana na Pwaguzi!

@irenenjokikar.....Ati hukulipwa? @antoneosoul·...Wallai

@AlhajiKe....Unasema pastor alikutumia kuvuka mto jordan @antoneosoul·...Niliachwa kwa meli Kati Kati ya mto Jordan. Machos.

The UDA party name and symbol of a wheelbarrow was Ruto's hustler nation signature.

UDA after registeration started an aggressive rebranding campaign including acquiring a spacious office at Kilimani's Makindi Road called Hustler's Centre.

Ruto was campaigning in the 2022 Presidential race and challenged the youth to stand up and be counted in the general election adding they form the largest voting population.