Me? Answer Murathe? Never, Ruto declares

Deputy President William Ruto has said Former Jubilee vice-chairman David Murathe does not merit his response.

“I have not responded to Murathe in Kenya, I am not about to respond to him in Europe, he does not merit my response,” Ruto said.

 

Murathe resigned as Jubilee Party vice chairman on January 6 saying that he does not believe in Ruto’s leadership. He has since then openly campaigned against the DP’s presidential ambitions in 2022.

He insists that the DP is unfit to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta due to what he termed a ‘corruption following him (Ruto) everywhere.

He further maintained Ruto is constitutionally disqualified to contest presidential position after serving as the country’s second in command for two consecutive terms.

Speaking during a conference at Chatham House in London on Friday, Ruto said Murathe was at liberty to issue such remarks.

 

“I am ready to respond to any allegation against my character or in anything I engage in. But the decision of Jubilee candidate is not a personal decision but that of a political party called Jubilee,” he said.

On Wednesday, Murathe sensationally said many popular Jubilee aspirants were rigged out during the 2017 nominations.

He said a team was hell-bent on imposing its preferred candidates on voters.

Murathe told Citizen TV in an interview that it was from the shambolic primaries that his woes with the DP began.

Ruto spearheaded the primaries.

He alleged Ruto’s presidency would make a large swathe of Kenyans into panic because they are scared of his past.

 

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