{"id":3514,"date":"2026-05-31T04:30:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/?p=3514"},"modified":"2026-05-31T04:30:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:30:01","slug":"nipee-bet-yangu-osoro-tell-ruto-as-psg-beats-arsenal-in-uefa-champions-league-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/2026\/05\/31\/nipee-bet-yangu-osoro-tell-ruto-as-psg-beats-arsenal-in-uefa-champions-league-final\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Nipee Bet Yangu’ Osoro Tell Ruto As PSG Beats Arsenal in UEFA champions league final"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2013A light-hearted but pointed political jab has lit up Kenyan social media after Majority Chief Whip Silvanus Osoro publicly declared his support for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in the UEFA Champions League final, directly referencing President William Ruto\u2019s well-known love for Arsenal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter), Osoro reminded the President: \u201cMr. President William Samoei Ruto, I told you on Thursday that you will be humbled on Saturday.\u201d He added in Swahili, <\/span>\u201cNipee bet yangu boss!! GGMU!! Bora sio Arsenal, niko sawa\u201d<\/span><\/span> (Give me my bet boss!! GGMU!! As long as it\u2019s not Arsenal, I\u2019m fine).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The message was accompanied by a striking promotional image of Osoro proudly wearing a PSG jersey, captioned as \u201cKenya\u2019s Majority Chief Whip Osoro Supports PSG in UEFA Champions League Finals!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span>Ruto the Gooner<\/span><\/span><\/span>President Ruto has never hidden his passion for English football club Arsenal. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The Head of State is widely known among Kenyans as a dedicated \u201cGooner,\u201d frequently engaging with Arsenal\u2019s results and sharing moments of celebration when the club performs well. His support for the North London side has become part of his public persona, often used by both supporters and critics for banter.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Osoro\u2019s post appears to celebrate PSG\u2019s strong position or victory in the Champions League context, using it as an opportunity to playfully \u201chumble\u201d the President, whose team was presumably eliminated earlier or not involved in the final stages.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Political Banter or Genuine Football Rivalry?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
While the tone is clearly jovial and rooted in football passion, the exchange highlights how sports often intersect with Kenyan politics. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Osoro, a key ally of the President in Parliament, used the moment to mix loyalty with friendly rivalry \u2014 a common occurrence in Kenyan public life where football is religion for many.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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As PSG prepares for (or celebrates) their Champions League campaign, many Kenyans are now watching the final not just for the European clubs, but to see whose \u201cbet\u201d wins between the President\u2019s Arsenal heart and his Chief Whip\u2019s new-found PSG allegiance.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Whether President Ruto will respond to the tease remains to be seen. For now, the battle lines are drawn: <\/span>Arsenal<\/span><\/span> in State House versus <\/span>PSG<\/span><\/span> in the Majority Whip\u2019s corner.<\/span><\/span><\/span>GGMU vs Allez Paris<\/span><\/span> \u2014 only time (and the final score) will tell who gets the last laugh.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u2013A light-hearted but pointed political jab has lit up Kenyan social media after Majority Chief Whip Silvanus Osoro publicly declared his support for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in the UEFA Champions League final, directly referencing President William Ruto\u2019s well-known love for Arsenal. In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter), Osoro reminded the President: \u201cMr. President […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[529,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stateupdate.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/images-71.jpeg?fit=537%2C571&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc68Dd-UG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3514"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3518,"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3514\/revisions\/3518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateupdate.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}