The Head of State had set his sights on the changes in Jubilee leadership positions in Parliament and also sought to make clear his position on the 2022 succession politics. Coming almost three years after the last PG, held in 2017, President Kenyatta could have seized the opportunity to make it clear to Deputy President William Ruto that he had already made a decision about his 2022 succession game plan, and that he (Ruto) was no longer part of it. President Kenyatta reportedly said that they had started the race together, and he was ready to have them complete it together. So where is Ruto coming in in this referendum and succession politics?” Mr Kuttuny posed. I am telling them when the right time comes, I will have something to say,” the President told a rally in Nyeri town in 2018.

Source: Daily Nation June 08, 2020 08:00 UTC