Sunday August 2, 2020 - Deputy President William Ruto has asked the Senate to solve the stalemate surrounding the revenue-sharing formula without any County losing cash. Speaking at the burial ceremony of Aldai MP, Cornelius Serem’s mother at Mosombor Primary School in Nandi County, Ruto said that there is need for Senators to unite the country.…
Sunday August 9, 2020 - Deputy President William Ruto has embarked on a new strategy to tame the resurgence of Baringo Senator Gideon Moi and bolster his support in the vote-rich Rift Valley in an intensified campaign to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta. The DP has lined up his foot soldiers in the region who have started…
Though the DP has poked holes in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), he has refused to oppose it outright even as some of his allies push him to do it.
Though he may not hold rallies against the referendum, he is planning to snub all the BBI popularisation campaigns.
Nation has learnt that the second-in-command will remain silent because he does not want a messy confrontation with his boss.
His allies have also advised him to save his money for the 2022 presidential campaign and to back candidates who can give him leverage in both National Assembly and the Senate.
Taking the President head-on would mean he drops all pretext that he is not defying his boss, a narrative he has so far sustained despite apparent contradictions, and brave the consequences of the Head of State going after him in a backlash, according to Keiyo South MP Daniel Rono.
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