President Uhuru Kenyatta has time and again said that come 2022, he will retire and retreat to his hometown of Gatundu.
The latest Political happenings however seem to suggest otherwise with the head of State now being accused by different quarters of trying to extend his term by being behind the group of people that are frustrating DP William Ruto to ensure that he does not ascend to the Presidency come 2022.
Ruto’s allies believe that the current Corruption wars being spearheaded by President Kenyatta with help from various investigative agencies is not genuine as it only targets William Ruto and his allies.
The President’s remarks sometime back last year that his 2022 Presidential Pick will shock Kenyans also added salt to the wounds of William Ruto’s supporters with many of them calling on the President to come clear on whether or not he will support Ruto.
A Few months later, William Ruto’s supporters still feel that President Uhuru is out to short-change them come 2022.
The President has lately come under scathing attacks from Ruto’s loyalists with the latest set of attacks coming from two MPs and a governor who asked him to tell Kenyans if he does not want to retire in 2022.
Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa said Uhuru is behaving like a hyena who has turned to feast on his own children.
“When a hyena wants to feast on it’s own child, it claims the child is smelling like a goat and we can see the hyena has started with CS Echesa and others will follow,” Barasa said.
Kapseret’s Oscar Sudi claimed Uhuru and ODM leader Raila Odinga want to use their handshake to block DP William Ruto from ascending to power in 2022.
“I want to tell Raila. We accepted the handshake, but now we know what it meant. Uhuru should tell us what they are scheming with Raila. If he doesn’t want to go home in 2022, let him tell us,” Sudi said.
He said that Rift Valley residents are tired of political schemes behind the handshake. “We are tired and you will get what you are looking for soon. Ruto has his own people and they are not foolish. Ruto has been patient enough,” Sudi said in Kipkenyo, Eldoret.
He said Uhuru and Raila were using the graft war to harass innocent Kenyans, especially those allied to Ruto.