[File, Standard]Jubilee Party Vice-Chairman David Murathe now claims William Ruto was an afterthought-candidate for deputy president position in the run-up to the March 4, 2013 General Election. Murathe said after Uhuru Kenyatta and team formed The National Alliance (TNA) Party, they had settled on Eugene Wamalwa as Kenyatta’s running mate. However, TNA agreed to have William Ruto serve as deputy president so as to bridge apparent hostility between Kenyatta’s community and that of Ruto. The ruling party’s vice-chairperson said when there were murmurs that Ruto was contemplating resignation after his fall-out with President Kenyatta, Jubilee had decided that Eugene Wamalwa would replace him. “The president was hoping he could replace Ruto with Defence Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa, but the deputy president did not resign as we’d expected,” said Murathe.

Source: Standard Digital May 01, 2022 23:29 UTC