Deputy President William Ruto was a man left sweating after being put on the spot during an interview on NTV.
Ruto, during a discussion with Ken Mijungu, dodged and thwarted a series of questions.
The senior journalist, who is not considered to be a hard hitter, surprised Kenyans at how he pinned the DP to the corner in a tactfully, thought out manner.
Here are some of the questions DP Ruto refused to come clean about:
Mombasa BBI Rally
The second in command outrightly declined to affirm whether he would be part of the team heading to the planned rally in the coastal town.
Ruto steered away from the matter and instead chose to give an explanation on what the BBI entails for him.
He further insisted that his attendance was based on President Uhuru Kenyatta’s say and not his.
“I have told you, Ken, that it is not for me to tell you that I am going to this meeting or that meeting.
“I am going to have a discussion with my boss and agree on the nature of attendance with this meeting,” remarked the Deputy President.
The DP’s allies had on Tuesday announced their change in tune in regards to the scheduled BBI gatherings.
Led by Majority leader of Senate Kipchumba Murkomen, the Ruto brigade stated they would be present during the rally.
Source of Wealth
The already under fire Ruto was caught off guard when the resilient Mijungu went after his networth.
Sensing the heat levels had gone up a notch, the irritated second in command quizzed on why he was the only politician being asked to declare the source of wealth.
The Jubilee party member expressed that the question only came up amid rumours that he would run presidency.
“Is your question why are you daring to run for President when you are the son of a peasant?
“Why isn’t anybody else asked this question. I have never been asked this question until people realised that I could possibly run for the top seat,” articulated the ex-URP leader.
He, however, reiterated that he was a businessman and worked hard to get what he has.
The 2013 Promise
Mijungu seemed to have gone for Ruto’s jugular when he brought up the promise Uhuru made in 2013.
The ‘man from Sugoi’ when quizzed about the matter failed to give a definitive answer.
The deputy president insisted that the agreement between him and the Head of State was to end ethnicity and change the political arena with a new fresh approach in the form of Jubilee party.
“We agreed with President Uhuru Kenyatta to get rid of ethnicity, race politics; to form a big political formation. We achieved that,” explained Ruto.