Ruto hits Raila hard, ODM lieutenants’ ready to maul him

The turf of war between the deputy president William Ruto and ODM party leader Raila Odinga continues to escalate as the succession politics took the centre stage.

The decision to expel rebel Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa from ODM seemed to angered the DP and he didn’t take it lightly .

Ruto wondered how a group of mature men led by their party leader could sit down and discuss one women noting the decision wasn’t well thought and officials lacked brains.

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The ODM National Governance Council (NGC) ratified the disciplinary committee decision to expel Jumwa for allegedly contravening party’s Constitution by publicly declaring her support for Ruto’s 2022 presidential bid.

Addressing a women’s fundraising forum in Jaribuni on Saturday, March 9, Ruto described ODM’s male leaders as a bunch of useless men out to frustrate a bold female MP.

“These men are afraid to deal with fellow men. They are short of ideas and brains and want to use Aisha Jumwa as an example. If they are real men they should have dispensed similar disciplinary action to male MPs co-accused with her,” Ruto said.

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Addressing the delegates last month, party leader Raila Odinga said that loyalty is paramount and critical, warning that his March 9, 2018 truce with President Uhuru Kenyatta was not meant to undermine the party leadership.

The council however spared Mr Dori after he wrote a letter of apology to Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna. He is nonetheless required to appear before the council within 60 days.

“We will not accept to be intimidated. Just like I have said, I do not have any row with ODM or [the] party leader. But my stand to support Dr Ruto to be president in 2022 will not change. This is my decision,” Jumwa said in June last year.

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Dr Ruto has been making frequent trips to the Coast, relying on the MPs’ clout to placate residents to support his bid.

The coastal MPs had argued that following the political truce, they can associate with anyone under the motto ‘building bridges’. But Mr Sifuna in December disagreed.

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