Brian Kipchumba, a student pursuing a diploma in ICT, has sparked online debate after showing President William Ruto a website fetching him over Ksh26,000 a week.
Kipchumba who engaged President Ruto revealed that he earns that money through an online platform called Remotask where he works part-time. (Remotasks is a legit micro-task site that pays for doing small data entry tasks).
The student who met Ruto at Jitume ICT Laboratories in Mosop Nandi County, displayed his workbench indicating that he pocketed Ksh40,000 after task for a task he did from December.
"I want to show you my success through the digital platforms and I am still in school," he stated while taking Ruto through his Remotask account.
The Head of State appeared impressed by his skills imploring him to help his administration to tell other Kenyans that online jobs pay.
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"So I have been trying to explain to Kenyans that it is possible to earn in digital jobs. So you will help me persuade young people that there are opportunities in digital jobs," Ruto appealed to Kipchumba.
However, his impressive skills and showing Ruto how Remotask works sparked mixed reactions from Kenyans.
Politician Alinur Mohamed noted that Kipchumba could have talked about something else insinuating that the government will enforce more tax measures on digital jobs.
Another social media user noted that the Kenya Kwanza administration could be triggered to seal a deal with Remotask to expand the tax base.
Nonetheless, other Kenyans capitalised on the information to register new accounts and seek digital jobs to get a share of the money on the platform.
Other social media users warned Kenyans to be on the lookout for scammers who will be seeking to defraud them by purporting to sell Remotask accounts.
