Thursday
December 27,2018-Jubilee
Party Vice chairman, David Murathe, has said President Uhuru Kenyatta will not endorse Deputy President William Ruto‘s presidential bid in 2022.
Speaking during Maragoli Cultural Festival
held on Wednesday in Mbale, Murathe who was the chief guest said Kenyans should not be
hoodwinked into thinking President Uhuru Kenyatta will support Deputy President
William Ruto in 2022.
held on Wednesday in Mbale, Murathe who was the chief guest said Kenyans should not be
hoodwinked into thinking President Uhuru Kenyatta will support Deputy President
William Ruto in 2022.
“Let you not be deceived by
the Tangatanga movement because both Ruto and Uhuru have served their full
terms and should retire together,” Murathe said.
the Tangatanga movement because both Ruto and Uhuru have served their full
terms and should retire together,” Murathe said.
He also said Ruto should
not ‘pretend’ to be speaking on behalf of Jubilee on matters of the referendum,
saying there was a need to change the Constitution so that it can be more
accommodating.
not ‘pretend’ to be speaking on behalf of Jubilee on matters of the referendum,
saying there was a need to change the Constitution so that it can be more
accommodating.
“We don’t want a
Constitution where the winner takes it all; it’s always a recipe for
post-election violence,” he said.
Constitution where the winner takes it all; it’s always a recipe for
post-election violence,” he said.
Bungoma Senator, Moses
Wetang’ula, said the Luhya community is united and will prove the naysayers
wrong in 2022.
Wetang’ula, said the Luhya community is united and will prove the naysayers
wrong in 2022.
“Nobody can stop an
idea whose time has come; we are united like never before like Siamese
twins,” he said.
idea whose time has come; we are united like never before like Siamese
twins,” he said.
Wetang’ula said the top
Luhya leadership is seeking to form alliances with other communities in order to clinch the presidency in 2022.
Luhya leadership is seeking to form alliances with other communities in order to clinch the presidency in 2022.
