MP Oscar Sudi Weighing Cash Video Sparks Public Funds Outrage

MP Oscar Sudi cash video sparks public funds probe after a clip circulating on social media exposed Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi overseeing the weighing of bulging stacks of Kenyan shillings on an industrial scale, his voice barking orders like “go with 10” amid whispers of 10,000 note targets that have Kenyans fuming over potential misuse of taxpayer money in a time of biting economic woes.

The footage, dropped on Saturday and exploding across timelines by Sunday, captures a dimly lit room where associates in casual shirts pile crisp bundles onto a digital scale, the needle swinging wildly as laughter echoes off concrete walls.

Sudi, a vocal Ruto ally known for his fiery floor speeches, hovers in the frame, sleeves rolled up, directing the operation with the precision of a market trader haggling over sacks of maize.

“That’s too light; add another stack,” his gravelly tone cuts through, per the audio that’s been looped in countless shares.

Clocking in under a minute, the video has notched over 1 million views, with users zooming in on the denominations, mostly 1,000 shilling notes that could tally millions if the math holds.

Outrage ignited faster than a roadside bonfire. In a nation grappling with Ruto’s fresh tax hikes that increased fuel prices by 16 per cent, university lecturers striking over unpaid salaries for over two months, and public hospitals rationing syringes due to supply shortages, the sight of an MP acting as a money merchant was a source of frustration.

“While we queue for unga at KSh 160 a packet, Sudi’s weighing wads like they’re flour,” vented a netizen.

Another quipped, “Bought a machine to weigh money because counting takes time.” Defenders, a vocal minority in Uasin Gishu strongholds, pushed back with theories of innocence. “It’s bank verification for campaign donations, nothing shady,” argued a local from Eldoret, echoing a line from Sudi’s past hustles as a musician turned lawmaker.

The scale, they note, screams efficiency for bulk cash handling, not sleight of hand. But sceptics point to the timing: just weeks after Sudi’s much mocked “spanner boy” jabs at critics during a Bondo visit to Raila Odinga’s home, where old clips resurfaced of him slinging tribal barbs at Luos. “From abusing communities to abusing accounts, when does the probe start?” fired another netizen.

The MP, elected on a UDA ticket in 2022 with promises of youth empowerment, has a history of headline heat: from 2023’s viral rant against “lazy Luos” that drew censure motions to his 2024 defence of Ruto’s housing levy amid street protests.

Now, with Kenya’s debt clock ticking past KSh 10 trillion and HELB defaults hitting 40 per cent among grads, the video lands like a lit fuse in a powder keg.

Is it a glimpse of graft’s glamour or just a lawmaker’s lax logistics? Sudi cash video sparks public funds probe, but without answers from the man at the scale, the nation’s ledger stays unbalanced, one weighed bundle at a time.