DP Ruto, who has been seen largely as an outsider in the ruling party and government, nearly became emotional as he detailed how he was shoved aside immediately Jubilee was reelected in 2017. Given an opportunity, I will not allow my depuuty to be humiliated the way former DPs have been humiliated and the way I have been humiliated. The DP, however, painted an image of a man who has surrendered to despair both in government and in the Jubilee Party, accusing some of the President's handlers of severely undermining him. Ruto also confessed that he was emotional that Jubilee Party mandarins had declared him persona non grata at Jubilee headquarters, a party he had heavily invested on to build. In October last year, the Jubilee Party National Management Committee recommended Ruto's as the deputy party leader and barred him from using the party headquarters to advance his political ambitions.

Source: The Star April 16, 2021 08:37 UTC