Dennis Kapchok alias Kijana Fupi Round Mulmulwas has rejected Deputy President Dr William Ruto's job offer.
Speaking exclusively to Nation Media on Saturday, Mr Kapchok, who came to prominence after a video of West Pokot Governor Lonyangapuo excoriating him went viral, said he would continue raising principled objections to the county government.
"I am Kapchok famously known as Mulmulwas. I have come here to say thank you to the deputy president for giving me an opportunity.
"He promised that he wants to give me a job so I say thank you but I will not be able to take it because I stood with my people. I had fundamental issues which I raised about the people, " Mr Kapchok said.
Mr Kapchok rejection of the job offer by the country's second-in-command came as a shock to many who wondered why he would reject the job.
But he did the right thing.
This is why: Mr Kapchok has kept the administration of Lonyangapuo in check.
By accepting the job, he will have no voice with which to call the county government when it engages in excesses.
The DP was very clear in his job offer: Abandon your opposition and get a job.
Kapchok decided to fight for the people and reject the job.
As we speak, there seems to be no one with a voice as his and the fact that Governor Lonyangapuo called him out is testament to the stature of Mulmulwas as an opposition figure in his county.