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Kenya: They Can As Well Bring G4S to Guard Me If They Want – Ruto

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Nakuru — Deputy President William Ruto has laughed off the change of security at his residence, saying he has no problem even if they deploy G4S guards.

Ruto said the state’s decision to withdraw General Service Unit (GSU) officers from his Nairobi and Sugoi rural home does not bother him because he is “busy with my 2022 transformational agenda.”

And he warned against politicising the issue saying “Kenya has enough problems and challenges that need solutions than my security”.

GSU officers were replaced with Administration Police officers at Ruto’s residences last week, in a move defended by the Inspector General of Police Hilary Mutyambai who said he still retains close protection from the GSU.

While Ruto’s Chief of Staff Ken Osinde and Spokesman David Mugonyi have protested the move and demanded GSU reinstatement, their boss spoke Sunday at a church in Nakuru where he termed it a “small issue that should not distract us.”

“If they found some more pressing duties for the GSU for Kenyans and decided to replace them with APs, I have no problem and if they also find something for the APs to do in securing Kenyans, I will have no problem if they are taken away and replaced BY G4S,” he said.

However, he noted that the changes should be done carefully to tame possible divisions in the country’s security apparatus.

Ruto said the security theatrics being witnessed were a deliberate plan to distract him from furthering the politics of issues, development programmes and unity of the country.