DP Ruto Ruto Issues Shocking Statement as He Opts Out of Presidential Debate

Deputy President William Ruto has withdrawn from the presidential debate slated for this month.

In a statement, Ruto’s presidential campaign director of communication, Hussein Mohamed said the DP will not agree to be grilled by biased journalists.

He noted that Ruto’s main competitor, Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga is media candidate for the top seat.

“We noted with much concern the repeated and continued bias and propaganda in a section of Kenya’s mainstream media in abuse of statutory terms of licence and violations of constitutional freedoms.

“We noted that unequal allocation of coverage, compounded by biased framing and negative profiling of Kenya Kwanza Alliance campaigns and personalities affiliated to it… We demand fair play as a matter of right as well as professional decency,” he said.

Hussein singled out the Royal Media Services (RMS) and the Daily Nation.

RMS is owned by SK Macharia, a long-time friend of Raila.

In light of the above assertions, the Kenya Kwanza has advised the DP to snub the presidential debate.