For a moment at Bomas on Monday, you'd have thought President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto were back to their bromance of 2013. When he took to the podium just before Uhuru, Ruto picked holes in it, casting doubt on the rationale for five key proposals on the Executive, the Judiciary and police service. When Uhuru took to the podium after Ruto, any shred of that bromance was extinguished. The President castigated Ruto, painting his second-in-command as an impatient leader determined to prematurely grab power from him. The purpose as we agreed with him (and Raila) was an extension of what we did in 2013,” Uhuru said.

Source: The Star October 27, 2020 02:03 UTC