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Kenya: Ruto Says There’s Nothing Like Deep State or System in Kenya, Confident of Winning Presidency

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Nairobi — Deputy President William Ruto has dismissed the so-called ‘Deep State or System’ in reference to state operatives out to stop his quest for the presidency in the 2022 elections.

Ruto, who fell out with President Uhuru Kenyatta after the March 2018 handshake with Opposition leader Raila Odinga, says he is on a clear path of succeeding his boss.

“There is nothing like deep state or system,” he said in an interview on Citizen TV, “if there was such a thing, I would know because I am the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya.”

Citing the victories recorded by his United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party in the Kiambaa by-election and other victories by the party in recent times, Ruto said it could not have happened if there was a deep state.

“Could we have won Kiambaa by-election if there was deep state, will the court have nullified our election with president Kenyatta in 2017,” he posed, dismissing talk of a deep state likely to stop his State House bid.

In all his campaigns, Ruto has always declared, “I have God and the people [of Kenya] and nothing will stop us from winning.”

Ruto and his allies have always regarded Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi, his Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho and other influential state operatives as part of a wider scheme out to stop his presidency.

The Deputy President sees Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga as his only worthy competitor in the presidential race, and is confident of defeating him despite the support the Opposition leader enjoys from state operatives and President Uhuru Kenyatta.