Deputy President William Ruto
Deputy President William Ruto has for the first time confirmed reports that he was allegedly kicked out of his official residence in Mombasa in December last year while on a trip at the Coastal region.
The DP confirmed these allegations during an interview with Weru TV on Sunday night.
He said he was in the company of his wife Rachael when he was dramatically "evicted” from the residence by people keen to frustrate him politically.
It had been reported in the local media that Ruto had flown to Mombasa for official functions and was supposed to spend the night at the former Coast Provincial Commissioner’s official residence.
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He reportedly left his staff and his belongings behind as he proceeded to attend to his scheduled activities and on coming back he found his aides packing his personal belongings and they had to move to English Point Marina in Nyali.
The DP said this was part of a larger scheme to trigger him to publicly attack President Uhuru Kenyatta and he decided to avoid the trap for the sake of peace.
“In December last year, my wife and I were staying in that house when the decision was made and you saw in the newspapers we were kicked out. These are shameless people who are desperate to spark a fight in Jubilee and cause division between myself and the President.
“The most important thing for me is we have a stable country. If I fall for a trap from people who want me to public fight the President, it will be a big problem for the country. Many countries have become unstable and sunken into conflict when leaders lack patience,” stated DP Ruto.
He once again confirmed that there is a problem in the ruling party accusing power brokers in the party of attempting to block him from succeeding President Kenyatta.
Last week, during the Jeff Koinange Live show on Citizen TV, Ruto’s right-hand man Kipchumba Murkomen claimed that the President chased his deputy from the Mombasa residence and he no longer invites him for important state meetings.
“He (Uhuru) chased William Ruto from a house in Mombasa. It is the same Uhuru Kenyatta who is arresting everybody associated with the DP. He has also not given the DP any responsibility, neither does he invite him for important meetings in the name of using COVID-19 as an excuse,” said Murkomen.
“William Ruto decided to support Uhuru in three elections and even way before in 2002. What is that one sin which if I meet the president today I would ask that Ruto did that washes away all the good things he did from 2002, to winning an election, to the second one and a re-run?”
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