President Ruto was elected vowing to help poor Kenyans but since coming to power, life has got worse.
Kenya is braced for the latest in a series of opposition protests against the rising cost of living and tax hikes, which have turned violent, with at least 24 people killed in recent months.
Five years ago, he could make up to 4,000 shillings a day, enough to cover his basic necessities, including school fees, he says. Its survey shows that 56% of Kenyans think the country is heading in the wrong direction, up from 48% in March. It accuses the previous administration of massively adding to the country's debt burden by spending huge amounts of money on infrastructure projects that did not help the ordinary Kenyan.
"[The president] said we should give him one year and then we'd see positive changes. Now when he is in, he changes the tune and says we should wait for years before things become better. We are suffering, we have been totally betrayed, we've been forgotten," he says.The hawker tells the BBC it is unfortunate the government has broken its promises.
"It's not going to be an overnight thing. We are at a bad place, depreciating shilling, debt and unemployment," she says.
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