Dr Ruto is also said to have reached out to President Kenyatta’s 2017 election chief agent and former Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir. Public spatThe former Machakos senator recently had a public spat with Mr Kalonzo over his supposed role in the former vice-president’s 2017 campaign negotiations. Mr Muthama, Mr Omar and Dr Khalwale have taken the role of Dr Ruto’s defenders with brazen statements that most elected leaders in the DP’s camp might fear talking about. Contradicting our conventional ethnic sensibilities, William Ruto has boggling and overwhelming support over Uhuru in the Mt Kenya region,” Mr Muthama, Mr Omar, and Dr Khalwale said in a statement in March. He is not isolated,” Mr Muthama told the Nation.

Source: Daily Nation August 26, 2020 08:26 UTC