Jubilee affiliated political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi has now given his opinion, this time advising against one of his friends in the government.
In his weekly segment dubbed “the fifth estate”while advicing Ruto, Ngunyi said the only way Ruto would come out of the controversy is by surrendering the building for demolition.
He further insisted that insisted that giving up Weston would clear his image ahead of 2022 when he expects to vie for the country’s presidency.
In his statement he added saying, “The cost of losing a few buildings without a fight is nothing compared to the price of becoming the president.”
“Ruto should not interrupt the state aggression towards him. A man who says we cannot fix corruption in this country should not interrupt the man fixing corruption,” he added.
Just last week the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority came out to declared publicly for the first time that it owns the plot occupied by Deputy President William Ruto’s Weston Hotel.
According to KCAA executive director Gilbert Kibe, “All I can tell you is that we are trying our best to repossess our land. We are in court with several cases and the rest is with National Land Commission. Yes, Weston Hotel is part of the land but the case is with NLC.”
While adding to his statement he said the plot on Langata Road in Nairobi is among hundreds of parcels that it wants to reclaim.
Kibe was responding to a campaign started by economist David Ndii who tweeted asking President Uhuru Kenyatta to demolish the hotel. He attached an exclusive story from the Star in June 2015 detailing how Ruto acquired the land.
“[Uhuru], this is public land. One more friend you need to lose. And once you are done with him, turn yourself in,” Ndii said in a tweet tagged to the DP that went viral on social media.