The name William Ruto has become very synonymous among Kenyans. This is a name that would never miss on a newspaper headline or fail to make it to the many blogs around.
All this is due to the fact that Ruto, the man who is out to take over from President Kenyatta has got a growing list of political enemies with many people apparently not comfortable with a Ruto Presidency come 2022.
Politicians like those in the opposition Party ODM alongside former Jubilee Vice Chair David Murathe have been leading a Anti-Ruto campaign with claims that the DP is the most corrupt individual in this country and as such cannot be trusted with an office as high as the Presidency.
These name smearing and allegations seem to have now angered the DP who has now issued a warning to unnamed individuals whom he accused of mobilising his 2022 presidential campaigns behind his back.
The DP also told politicians to leave his name out of “their shenanigans” as he is working to support the President to ensure that Jubilee’s Big Four agenda succeeds.
Through his secretary of communications David Mugonyi on Thursday, the DP asked such individuals to use their energy more productively.
“At no time has the Deputy President approved, canvassed or engaged in any other form of preparation for a presidential or another campaign after the last presidential election,” Mugonyi said.
He added that he(Ruto) does not, and has never ‘approved, consented to or supported haphazard, sketchy, messy, premature political canvassing.’
“The Deputy President, therefore, asks those running noisy charades and mock-campaigns to use their energy more productively while those funding the same to find a better use for their resources,” Mugonyi said.
Mugonyi said the DP is a democrat who believes that campaigning must be done at the appropriate time, in an organised, systematic manner.
“…that gives candidates the opportunity to have quality engagement with the people within a political party and based on issues and policies,” he said.