Kaunda suit which is a type of dressing has been trending since Friday noon.
This is after President William Ruto stepped out dressed in a brown Kaunda suit as he attended an event at Kasarani in Nairobi.
For the past two months, Ruto has shown a new preference for Kaunda suits, which is a stylish attire popular among African leaders and politicians.
The Kaunda suits feature a single-breasted design, three buttons, narrow lapels, short sleeves, and patch pockets on the front of a safari jacket, paired with matching pants.
The suit is originally said to have originated in Australia in the 1970s but was made more popular in the continent by the first President of Zambia, the late Kenneth Kaunda.
President Ruto wore a Kaunda suit for the first time on June 11, 2023, during a State visit to Djibouti.
This was a new sense of fashion as Kenyans are used to seeing Ruto in an official and smart casual wardrobe consisting of suits, blazers, shirts, and trousers.
However, he proved that it was not a one-time fashion statement, as he pulled off different Kaunda suits up to date.
President Ruto’s personal tailor Ashok Sunny last week revealed that the Head of State had taken a preference for Kaunda suits to promote local manufacturing and not pose as a dictator as some have alluded.
In an interview with TV47, Sunny explained that Ruto was walking the talk by promoting local garments manufacturing by wearing locally made clothes.
“They call it the dictator look because most old dictators used to like Kaunda suits. But that is to show Kenyans can make garments good enough for Kenyan leaders to wear,” he noted.
As always, Kenyans online had a few things to say about it.
