Ruto, Mudavadi Join Forces Ahead of August Elections

Deputy President William Ruto has announced his partnership with ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi ahead of the August 9th elections.

Ruto, who spoke during the launch of Mudavadi’s presidential bid at Bomas of Kenya on Sunday, said his UDA party is ready to work with other like-minded parties in uniting the country.

“We will work with ANC, Ford-Kenya, and all other parties that want to walk with us in this journey of bringing the nation together,” said Ruto.

“We are going to raise the bar and standard of leadership so that deceit, lies, and conmanship do not become part of the equation of leadership in Kenya.”

The deputy president also noted that UDA and ANC will hold joint political rallies starting with Nakuru on Wednesday, followed by Bungoma in Western and Central Kenya over the weekend.

“Kenya is greater than any one of us and we will make sacrifices that need to be made so that we can consolidate our nation and take Kenyan to the next level,” said Ruto.

Ruto stated that his bottom-up economic agenda and Mudavadi’s ‘Uchumi Bora, Pesa Mfukoni,’ will liberate the country economically.

“The place where we will begin to sort out the challenges facing our nation is ANC and UDA. I believe the coming together of the 'Uchumi Bora, Pesa Mfukoni' and the 'bottom-up economic model' will have a chance to deal decisively with the challenges facing Kenya,” Ruto asserted.

On his part, Mudavadi vowed he will not work with ODM leader Raila Odinga, saying he is a cunning man who cannot be trusted.