From "Your Excellency" to Firewood Hawker! Meet former Deputy Governor now hawking firewood to survive as he begs RUTO for a job

From "Your Excellency" to Firewood Hawker! Meet former Deputy Governor now hawking firewood to survive as he begs RUTO for a job

Saturday, April 19, 2025 - Once chauffeured in motorcades and addressed as “Your Excellency,” former Vihiga County Deputy Governor Caleb Amaswache now walks the streets of Luanda town, hawking firewood to survive. Amaswache, who served under former Governor Moses Akaranga, is grappling with life after office. “Life hasn’t been easy,” he admits, reflecting on the silence from former allies and the harsh reality of trying to make ends meet. “I nee…

Inside the life of ex-deputy governor makes Sh300 from selling firewood for a living

After serving a full term in office as the Deputy Governor for Vihiga county with a plum salary and other perks, few could imagine that Caleb Amaswache would be appealing for help and eking out a living by selling firewood. A good day sees Amaswache who was once accustomed to the trappings of power as the second most powerful person in the county make Sh300. READ: Class, elegance & luxury in Millicent Omanga’s car collection worth over 80 millio…

Since the period of low temperatures began, it is already possible to observe in Concepción Metropolitano some houses with their wood burning stoves, a situation that the authorities involved in the matter have foreseen, so the planning and execution of the various edges around the control of the sale of firewood, together with the use of it. The Regional Director of the Biobío of the National Forestry Corporation (Conaf) Esteban Krause, indicat…