Huge Blow For Ruto as Another MP Dumps Him Over Matiang’i Row

Deputy President William Ruto has suffered a severe blow again after another member of the Tanga Tanga Team has also dumped him and abandoned his 2022 Presidential bid.

 Kitutu Chache MP, Richard Onyonka, made a u-turn after his allies linked Interior Cabinet Fred Matiang’i to fake gold scam and threaten to impeach him.

Onyonka who has been accompanying the DP in public rallies claimed people associating with Ruto were corrupt and should not be allowed to lead the country.

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Speaking in backyard on Tuesday, May 22, the legislator regretted associating with Ruto saying he was lost and would never go back to the his camp.

“Our Kenyan Politics is dynamic. If I take a position and find it untenable, I change the mind on it. It is true have broken up with the deputy president ,” he said.

Vocal Kisii MP dumps Ruto after DP's allies plot to impeach Matiang'i over gold scam

The vocal politician who is eyeing the Kisii County gubernatorial seat lashed out at Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa’s for claiming Interior CS Fred Matiang’i was invoved in fake gold scam demanding that he resigns.

“This is cheap Politics which Ruto’s allies like Aisha Jumwa play. We know those who have stolen public resources, Matiangi is not a thief. The thieves are known and they should be arrested and prosecuted,” he added.

He said those mention in the gold scandal were advancing their own personal interests and private businesses and Matiang’i has not been mentioned by investigative agencies apart from politicians allied to the DP.

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“Those who were selling fake gold were doing their own private business. There politicians who were mentioned in Kimwarer and Arror dams scandal and no action has been taken upon them to date,” said the MP Onyonka claimed Ruto was worried that Uhuru could pick Matiang’i as his successor in 2022 and that was why his team was trying to fix him and taint his reputation. “Matiangi is a performer and he might be chosen by Uhuru as his preferred successor in 2022, that is why they want to fix him now, said Onyonka.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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