Deputy President, William Ruto has somewhat poked the eye of ODM leader, Raila Odinga.
Ruto now plans to take his multi-billion youth and women empowerment project to Raila’s Nyanza backyard as he attempts to shake up Raila’s support in the region.
William Ruto has won the former Machakos Senator Johnson Muthama’s loyalty and has a few MPs has maintained his focus on Mount Kenya despite being at loggerheads with the President, Uhuru Kenyatta.
Ruto’s main focus is Kenya’s Coast and the Western region where Raila Odinga’s command a huge following since the previous two elections.
The DP has rolled out an aggressive campaign that will completely deflate Raila and end his career.
Ruto’s daredevil approach became apparent when his ally, Kapsaret MP, Oscar Sudi, hosted hundreds of youths and elders from Raila’s Luo Nyanza backyard.
Raila’s allies dismissed the perceived political raid as the work of political conmen, which are inconsequential.
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“This is not the first time we are seeing some political conmen from Nyanza trying to meet Ruto.”
“Even in the last election, they were the very people who met Jubilee from Luo Nyanza. How many votes did Jubilee get from Nyanza?”
“In Homa Bay they got about 300 votes,” ODM national chairman, John Mbadi, said.
“It’s like saying some MP from Nyanza hosts Kalenjin youths thinking that the MP can take away Kalenjin youths from Ruto.”
“It doesn’t make sense,” he added.
