Here Are The Men and Women Who Fueled The Fallout Between Uhuru, Ruto Turning It Into A Full Blown War

A clique of less than 10 men and women are the forces behind the thunderous and convoluted fallout between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto.

Through their actions, omissions, commissions and the acerbic meat between their teeth, they fueled a sinking political marriage between the pair that was once dubbed a “dynamic duo”. Already founded o convenience, the marriage could not thus survive the of strong suspicions and mistrust.

From the President’s side, the chief catalysts have been ODM leader Raila Odinga, Jubilee Vice Chairman David Murathe,

Kenyatta’s private political advisor Nancy Gitau, Jubilee Secretary General Raphael Tuju and Cotu boss Francis Atwoli.

But the DP’s side vaunts the most lethal cabal, armed to the teeth (literally) with deadly tongues, deep pockets and enough time to go about the country rocking the very boat they were sailing on.

Led by ousted Senate Leader of Majority Kipchumba Murkomen, former Deputy Speaker of the Senate Kindiki Kithure, axed Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri, former Senate Majority Whip Susan Kihika and beleaguered leader of Majority in the National Assembly Aden Duale.

The supporting is led by MPs Alice Wahome, Kimani Ngunjiri, Ndindi Nyoro, Rigathi Gachagua and Oscar Sudi, among others. The DP had always reserved the harshest words for Odinga, and Odinga had worked flat to paint Ruto as the face of everything that was wrong in the country.

“You have a situation where individuals are moving around with sacks full of money every Sunday looking for harambees to donate to. Until there is boldness enough to face those people directly and tell them to step aside we do lifestyle audit on you, we are just scratching the surface,”Raila said of Ruto in December last year.

President Kenyatta’s ‘Kieleweke’ allied MPs took it from there, with Nyeri Town MP Ngunjiri Wambugu,the face of this band, declaring Ruto was not assured of support of central Kenya in 2022.

“Who said we owe any debts to anyone? We do not owe anybody anything and in 2022 we will vote for whoever we want to,” Kamanda added.

Murathe who at one time resigned has returned with verve and has since antagonized Ruto, so much so that he threatened a Supreme Court action to stop the DP from succeeding Kenyatta on account of the joint ticket.

Together with Atwoli, they have worked to rock the boat and put Ruto in his place.

“The DP will not be the next president. If I were him, I would not waste even a single cent campaigning to be president. If he had good advisors, maybe he could stand a chance,” Atwoli has stated on several occasions.

Whatever Uhuru/Raila team did, Ruto countered. When Uhuru/Raila side founded the ‘Embrace’ movement to champion the handshake, Ruto’s formed the ‘Inua Mama’ brigade which turned out more lethal in attacks.

But it was their “Sky Team” exploits of Murkomen and Kithure type that defined them. Every other weekend, in churches, Ruto’s brigade was out preaching his gospel and doling out wads of cash at his behest. On social media front, former State House Director of Diaspora Dennis Itumbi was always on standby together with his own set of digital warriors. He recruited the DP into tweeting missiles after missiles which ended up further alienating him from President Kenyatta.

And as late as yesterday, Murkomen was it again on Twitter,

“The 2010 Constitution did not anticipate that one man can be the president, deputy president, commander-in-chief, independent commissions, DPP, IG, DCI, chief justice, judge, magistrate, speaker senate and NA, MP, governor, governor Nairobi and Kiambu, media owner, editor for all media houses all in one.”

The Senator was among a group of DP allies ousted from leadership positions in the Senate and the National Assembly for failing to toe the president’s line. Before that, he had made it his business to contradict his own government, at every occasion.

“My conclusion from what I have seen is that we are not fighting corruption. What is happening is that we are lying to Kenyans and trying to create a narrative that is meant to show that there is an ongoing war on corruption,” Murkomen once said.

But what Murkomen could not say, Sudi easily spit it out for all. Armed with little education but a reputation for firing from the hip, he once dared the president to resign, terming him the most incompetent since independence.

“Kama kuna Rais alikuwa mzuri ni Kibaki. Hii serikali ya Uhuru ni bure kabisa,” Sudi said in March this year. Yesterday, he was at it again.

“ Take all our land and wealth, but spare our lives- DO NOT KILL US” “But remember, no one lives for over 115 years, we all die someday. Enjoy your power while it lasts,” he tells Uhuru in the video above.

Wahome amplified the political messages from the DP’s side, early this year, she told Uhuru to his face at Bomas of Kenya that he was presiding over a system that was harassing those who speak their minds.

She also termed Odinga a “political mercenary for hire”.

Yesterday, Jubilee Deputy Secretary General Caleb Kositany said statements from the DP’s allies were used as excuses to execute a political plan already in motion.

“When you occupy a public position, you should accept criticism. What is facing the DP was a pre-planned situation. I believe if they had an alternative running mate in 2017, they would have picked him,” said the Soy MP.

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