President William Ruto never seems to run out of promises; big, bold, and some bordering on the absurd.

He has not only mastered the art of roadside declarations, but also his boundless creativity when it comes to promises, grand and theatrical and even detached from reality.

This time, he has outdone himself with a striking pledge. President Ruto pledged a machine that churns out one million chapatis daily. The promise, made during his meet-the-people tour in Mathare on Tuesday, was in response to Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja’s request to support his Dishi na County feeding project for public schools.