A past photo of the Senate Majority leader, Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen as gone viral on social media.
The photo of Murkomen as a shoe shiner has elicited mixed reactions especially on social media where it was posted.The photo believed to have been taken sometimes back in 2002 was posted by the name Pharos Kebenei on the Nandi County Forum Facebook page captioned, "Murkomen was a shoe shiner around 2002."Here are some of the reactions from those who commented on the photo."Hiyo viatu alikuwa anaclean ni hadi ya majirani" noted Jebet Wilson, loosely translated as "those shoes, was he cleaning even for the neighbors?""Watu hutoka mbali!! (people come from far!!)," posted another Facebook user, Robert Koimet.Jemu Carol was more interested with the woman standing behind the vocal senator. She posted, "Si huyo ni bibi yake wamboi, watu hutoka mbali kweli." Translated to, "Is that his wife Wamboi, people come from far indeed.""Hata uliam was selling chicken at Maili Tisa," said Jonathan k. Cheruiyot while referring to Deputy President William Ruto's (uliam) involvement in chicken selling at Maili Tisa, in the outskirts of Eldoret town when he was still a hustler.