Ruto Meets Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in London

Deputy President William Ruto on Monday paid a courtesy call on the Archbishop of Canterbury, His Grace Justin Welby in London, the United Kingdom.

Details of the meeting between Archbishop Welby and Ruto, who is presently on a tour of the UK, were not made public.

Through his official Twitter handle, Welby said he was happy to meet Ruto and is looking forward to meeting ODM leader Raila Odinga during his tour of the UK next week.

“Good to meet @WilliamsRuto this afternoon. Looking forward to seeing @RailaOdinga next week. Praying for peaceful, open, and credible elections on 9th August,” Archbishop Welby noted.

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury in Kent.

On Monday, Ruto also delivered an address at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in London, where he claimed that the opposition has rendered the Jubilee administration ‘a mongrel of a government system.’ 

The deputy president further noted that President Kenyatta became a ‘refugee’ in the opposition following the March 2018 handshake between him and Odinga.

“Today in Kenya, we have a mongrel of a government system. You don’t know whether it is the government that is in opposition or the opposition is the one that is in government,” he remarked.

“The leader of the opposition is a project of the system and the deep state of the government. Unfortunately, the leader of what is supposed to be the ruling party is actually a squatter or a refugee in the opposition party,” he added.