The elders accused the DP of causing political division in the community by creating camps to undermine other leaders for personal gain. They cited his recent coronation as the region’s political kingpin by Talai elders from Nandi, arguing that the crowning was likely to cause more divisions in the community. Mr Kimimin said that when the late President Moi was in power, there was no single year farmers suffered the way they have with Mr Ruto in office. Elsewhere Thursday, Kanu secretary-general Nick Salat told the Nation that it was evident that since 2013, Mr Ruto has not had the community’s interests at heart, but was only pushing his own interests. He claimed that the same elders who say that they have blessed Mr Ruto to be the region’s political kingpin have been planning to meet Senator Gideon Moi and bless him ahead of 2022 but they were respecting the ban on political gatherings as directed by President Kenyatta.

Source: Daily Nation June 12, 2020 10:38 UTC