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Deputy President William Ruto has come out to disown politicians who are drumming up support for his 2022 presidential bid.
In a statement issued by his spokesperson David Mugonyi, Ruto says he has never authorized anyone to campaign on his behalf and has asked politicians not to drag his name into 2022 succession politics.
“At no time has the Deputy President approved, canvassed or engaged in any other form of preparation for a presidential or other campaign after the last Presidential Election. Secondly, he does not, and has never approved, consented to or supported haphazard, sketchy, messy, premature political canvassing,” the statement reads.
Ruto further notes that his primary focus at the moment is to support President Kenyatta to realize his big four action plan namely manufacturing, food security, affordable housing, and universal healthcare.
“At the moment, he is working to support the President to ensure that Jubilee’s transformational agenda, especially the Big 4, is fully realized in every part of the country,” he says.
“The Deputy President, therefore, asks those running noisy charades and mock-campaigns to use their energy more productively while those funding the same to find a better use for their resources.”
Ruto appears to heed to President Kenyatta's warning to leaders against engaging in premature 2022 politics at the expense of service delivery.
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Anyway there could be very few of them - if not please at least give out the numbers since we can also named them.
This is as a result of your poor reputation as the worst corrupted government individual in Kenya if not Africa.
Your activities has greatly affected Kenya to drop down by an Index on the latest survey of the corrupted nation in the world. I hope you get the point here Dr. Hon VP aka Hustler?
As a nation of sports we understand something called "false start" in a race. Starting campaigns this early will be deemed a false start and will only draw fire from friends and foe. Bahati ya mwenzio usiachie mlango wazi. One folk song said kenya is not a bride that we may drink of its bride price. Since the handshake the mood has changed and not even the pundits can predict what the future holds. Days of political patronage are quickly coming to an end. Dr. hold on to your ambition for now and the gods may have tides on your side, and if not eat you bread in gladness and age gracefully like some other vp's before you.
Arap Mangamanga may finally calm down now that the "tap" of money imefungwa ni Matiang'i.