Governor Waititu insists Central Kenya will support Ruto's 2022 bid, says DP made Uhuru president ▷ Kenya News

- Waititu is almost certain Ruto has the Mount Kenya vote

- He took to assure the DP that Mount Kenya people would vote him in as President in the next poll because of his role in Uhuru's political sucess

- According to the governor, Uhuru would never have made president without the DP's input

Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu has reiterated Deputy President William Ruto is still Jubilee’s leading man in the 2022 presidential election despite an onslaught against the DP.

Waititu , while speaking on Sunday, April 21 took to publicly assure the DP that the Mount Kenya region would support his cause.

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According to the Kiambu county boss, the larger Central Kenya region was fully behind Ruto because of the simple fact that the DP has been pivotal in President Uhuru Kenyatta clinching the top job two terms in a row.

“Mount Kenya faiothful are smart people. We don’t want to look like conmen who conned people of Rift Valley. We don’t want to look like children,” he said amid applause from the crowd.

Waititu went on to sensationally claim Uhuru would never have been president were it not for his ‘number two’.

“Were it not for Ruto, Uhuru would have never been president and that’s the truth. So I wonder why the politics when DP suddenly wants to pursue presidency,” he went on.

Governor Waititu insists Central Kenya will support Ruto's 2022 bid, says DP made Uhuru president
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The governor was in particular taking swipes at nominated Member of Parliament Maina Kamanada who has on several occasions taken on the DP in public.

Kamanda has been at the forefront of Jubilee-affiliated leaders who have been accused of being keen on blocking Ruto’s presidential bid.

For Raila, it has been an open secret the ODM leader is not the biggest fan of Ruto and he has consistently accused the DP of being Kenya’s biggest threat as far as corruption was concerned.

But Waititu expressed confidence that the DP enjoyed massive favor from the public even if sections of leaders tried to cripple his campaign.

“Let me tell you Deputy President, even if we leaders fail you , the people are with you,” he remarked.

With a little over two years before the next poll, the political landscape has already began taking shape, with a mass split within the Jubilee party in the horizon.

Two warring sides have emerged with distinct brands namely The Tangatanga movement which comprises serious pro-Ruto leaders and the Kitaeleweka lot who remain adamant Jubilee owes the DP no favors.

Most recently, Ruto allied leaders including Waititu had their security detail controversially withdrawn with the leaders crying foul over the government’s attempt to frustrate them for backing the DP.

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