Deputy President William Ruto is trying to unite the Rift Valley region ahead of the 202 elections in a bid to avoid political division.
The DP has now chosen to mend fences with his former ally and Bomet ex-governor Isaac Ruto who turned his foe ahead of the August 2017 General Election.
A high level delegation of politicians from the Rift Valley region pitched camp at Isaac’s home, where they held talks with the former governor asking him to join Jubilee for the sake of unity in the region.
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They were led by DP Ruto’s aide Farouk Kibet, four governors, two senators and 11 MCAs and they held a closed door meeting where they asked the former governor to join and work with the government.
The four governors, Mr Cheruiyot, and Mr Kibet flew into the home in three helicopters and went for a closed-door meeting before addressing CCM delegates and MCAs. They then proceeded to address hundreds of residents who turned up at the compound.
Sources said that the meeting was the culmination of a series of meetings Mr Ruto has had with the President, his Deputy, and other leaders over the last one year.
“We have come here to urge Ruto to work closely with the president and his deputy in delivering on their development agenda both at the national and regional levels,” said Uasin Gishu Governor Jackson Mandago.
“I have personally talked to both the president and his deputy on the intention to bring the former governor on board and our presence here today is to appeal to Ruto to be part of us,” Mandago told the CCM delegates.
The former governor has been in the political cold until the recent Mau Forest evictions when he came out to defend the evictees.
The vote rich region will be a great determinant in the 2022 elections and leaders across the country interested in the presidency have visited the former Rift Valley province to appeal to voters.
Isaac Ruto has been in the political cold since he lost the gubernatorial seat to his Jubilee rival