A section of Kalenjin and Kikuyu elders in the Rift Valley now claim President Uhuru Kenyatta is frustrating his deputy William Ruto through elaborate state machinery. Speaking to the Star, patron of the Kikuyu Council of Elders in the Rift Valley Gilbert Kabage and the Kalenjin Myoot Council of Elders chairman retired Bishop Paul Leleito claimed Uhuru was frustrating Ruto through proxies. Kabage challenged Uhuru to come clear if he was no longer interested in honouring the 2013 succession deal with Ruto, instead of "humiliating him." He said were it not for Ruto who campaigned vigorously for Jubilee Party across the country, Uhuru would not be the President. But in a rejoinder, Kikuyu Council of Elders chairman Wachira Kiago termed the statement as reckless and irresponsible.

Source: The Star April 30, 2020 02:03 UTC