Will Deputy President Dr William Ruto manage to sail to the topmost political seat? His road to State House is becoming slippery and bumpy day in, day out.
As another way of barring Ruto from vying in 2022 as former Jubilee Party Interim Vice Chair David Murathe had always wanted,a group of MPs want the elections Act amended.
According to Lugari MP Ayub Savula, at least 100 MPs have embarked on a process to amend the law and compel all presidential candidates to declare the source of their wealth before being cleared to vie.
“Once the law is amended, it will be mandatory for the DP and other politicians eyeing the top seat on the land to explain and account for their wealth failure to which the electoral agency will block them from contesting,” Savula told mourners at a funeral in Mumias East constituency on Saturday.
According to Savula, the lawmakers were determined to ensure politicians implicated in graft and plundering of public resources are barred from seeking public office.
“I can tell you for free the Deputy President’s name will not be on the ballot box unless he comes out clear on how he ammerced a lot of wealth.”
The MP excused himself during the burial of mama Rehema Nechesa Ndeta to join his colleagues in Nairobi in strategizing on how to draft an amendment bill that will be tabled in the house.
Do you think it will be that easy to stop Ruto from vying for Presidency in 2022?