Deputy President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga are engaged in an escalated war of words that centers on President Uhuru Kenyatta’s succession. As per the 2013 Jubilee agreement, Ruto should be his successor but since the handshake between Uhuru and Raila on March 9 last year, there has been tension and suspicion between the two camps. Uhuru has kept the country guessing on his preferred candidate in 2022, sending mixed signals every time he is seen in public with Ruto or Raila. He said the propaganda that there is bad blood between Uhuru and Ruto is being propagated by “brokers and conmen” with no constituency. He said Mt Kenya would rally behind Ruto in 2022 because of his strong track record.

Source: The Star March 18, 2019 03:56 UTC