Kikuyu elders anger and why they insist Ruto must go

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The Kikuyu Council of Elders wants Deputy President William Ruto to retire together with Uhuru Kenyatta when his term expires in 2022.

According to Kikuyu Elders official Chairman ,the DP’s share in government has been shared solely among his Kalenjin community, while the President is forced to apportion his ‘share’ with the entire country.

“As a Council we are very serious that he [Ruto] has to pack with Uhuru. If Uhuru has to leave in 2022, the deputy should follow suit.”

It was the clearest signal yet of the fluid nature of the DP’s support in Central Kenya, which has been sending mixed signals.

Munga said Ruto should be satisfied with his 10-year tenure as DP because he has always been vowing to give his best advice to his boss [Uhuru].“If he has given his best, what would he be doing after 10 years? He would be obsolete,” Munga said.

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The elders’ statement appeared to deepen the tension in the Jubilee Party, which exploded on  after Senate Majority leader Kipchumba Murkomen, a key Ruto ally, publicly protested that officials in the presidency were undermining the DP.

“Unfortunately, because these people have a responsibility on policy direction of government, we have a situation where things like policy on lifestyle audit are announced without the knowledge of anybody governing Jubilee,” Murkomen said.

The infighting in Jubilee comes amid reports that some individuals purporting to be allied to the DP are in the process of registering another party as Plan B for 2022.

The Registrar of Political Parties Lucy Ndungu said they have received applications for the registration of two political parties this year — the United Green Movement and Grand Dream Development Party.

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The anti-Ruto sentiment in the Mt Kenya region has gained momentum since Uhuru shook hands and signed a unity pact with Opposition chief Raila Odinga on March 9.

The truce is credited with returning calm to the country but it has received lukewarm support from Ruto’s inner circle, which believes it has complicated his political arithmetic.

In a possible pointer to deep-seated grievances,

He warned Central Kenya politicians accompanying the DP on his political travels to stop and concentrate instead on economic development for the benefit of their constituents.

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“The 2022 election should not even be on the lips of any Mt Kenya politician. They should be talking about roads that need rebuilding, coffee [sector] that needs to be fixed, the tea sector that needs to be managed and the dairy industry and horticulture that have been mismanaged by having 35 years of non-Kikuyu ministers of agriculture.”

The chairman of the Nyeri chapter of the Kikuyu Council of Elders, David Muthoga, stated that the community will negotiate with all presidential candidates and support whomever will give them the best deal.

The statement, coming against a backdrop of conflicting statements by elected leaders from Central, undermined the narrative that the Kikuyu as a community will back Ruto to succeed Uhuru.

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Munga, who is the overall boss of the quasi-political council, reiterated Muthoga’s position and accused some leaders of stealing from their own people.

“You look at the looting that is being done by the people who are in charge of the NCPB, they are all people from the North Rift,” he said.

Kikuyu Council of Elders national chairman Wachira Kiago asked politicians to work for the people.

“I will urge politicians to accept what the President is saying on a daily basis. Let’s put politics aside and work for the electorate,” he said.

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On Sunday, former Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth visited Eldoret, giving rise to speculation about Ruto’s potential running mate.

That suggestion also has drawn mixed reactions from some politicians critical of the DP.

Yesterday, the chairman of the Nakuru caucus of MPs, Kimani Ngunjiri (Bahati) said Kenneth cannot be trusted by Kenyans.

“It’s unfortunate that the person fronted to run as a Deputy President cannot even be trusted. We had fronted him to run for Nairobi governor but he lost our support because he was undecided, probably because he could not manage to lead the county located in the heart of Kenya. So, how can we trust him to run the country?” Ngunjiri asked.

Ruto seems to be running the government well , why do some people want him gone ??

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