The Deputy president William Ruto was taken by shock when a woman took him hostage in the midst of a cry she needed Ruto’s help with.
The DP had attended the funeral of Mumias Member of Parliament Benjamin Washiali’s mother at Shitoto village inMumias East recently.
The woman who could not be stopped by security officers bounced on DP crying saying that she was evicted from her piece of land after a senior politician illegally bought the land without her consent.
The DP however in the midst of almost being overpowered could not handle nor liten to her and so the over persistent lady later approached Sports CS Rashid Achesa who listened to her and booked her appointment.
Over own land scandal, Ruto has admitted that the land on which Weston Hotel sits was illegally acquired by the original owner.
He said he purchased the 0.773 ha plot legally as an “innocent purchaser”.
During an Interview on BBC’s Hardtalk, Ruto said it is unfortunate that the saga surrounding the acquisition of the land has been amplified to “imply that the hotel occupies half of Nairobi”.
“For the record, the National Land Commission has made a finding that Weston was an innocent purchaser for value from somebody who got it illegally and reparations have been made constitutionally to restore the land to Kenya Civil Aviation Authority. Those who sold the land to us must pay,” he said.