Zakayo

Swahili

Etymology

From Late Latin Zacchaeus, from Ancient Greek Ζακχαῖος (Zakkhaîos), from Hebrew זכי (zakkay), literally "pure, innocent", which came from זכה (zacha, “be clean, pure”).

Proper noun

Zakayo

1. a male given name from Hebrew

References

• Basillioh Rukanga (2023 December 20) “William Ruto: The ‘tax collector’ president sparking Kenyan anger”, in BBC News‎^[1] (in English): “Some Kenyans are mockingly referring to President William Ruto as Zakayo - Swahili for the biblical figure Zacchaeus, who is portrayed in the Christian holy book as a greedy tax collector who climbed a tree to see Jesus.”