President Uhuru Kenyatta has raised eyebrows after he made a an impromptu visit to Deputy President William Ruto’s Harambee Annex office in Nairobi.
The President’s motorcade was spotted at Ruto’s Annex office.
There is also the presence of the hawk-eyed GSU officers associated with the President’s VIP security.
Sources said that the President joined Ruto for lunch.
The source also added that the President is scheduled to leave for Mombasa after the meeting for a state meeting with Uganda President Yoweri Museveni.
The visit has left tongues wagging especially due to the rising political temperatures in the ruling Jubilee coalition.
DP Ruto is already facing calls to resign even as the Opposition leaders led by Senator James Orengo plot for his impeachment, accusing him of rubbishing the war against corruption.
President Kenyatta is determined to leave a good legacy so his focus has been on the war on corruption and his Big Four agenda on universal health coverage, manufacturing, food security and affordable housing.
But many scandals have bedevilled his administration, the most recent one involving Arror and Kimwarer dam projects in Elgeyo Marakwet County.
Money was spent but the dams do not exist. In addition, Treasury minister Henry Rotich says about Sh20 billion was lost while Dr Ruto says this is not true and places the figure at Sh7 billion.
Dr Ruto has said time and again that he has never engaged in the vice and that he backs the war. But he also believes that he is the target of the intensified fight against corruption and says those soiling his name over corruption scandals are doing it to scuttle his bid to succeed his boss.
With regard to corruption, President Kenyatta has repeatedly said people implicated in any cases will carry their own crosses.
Via Twitter this week, the President wrote, “If you are corrupt, we will fight you. You can be my brother or my sister or my closest political ally, but if you are corrupt we will fight you. I won’t be clouded by ethnicity or status in my quest to leave behind a united nation; and I will continue championing for Kenya’s unity.”
Dr Ruto’s allies have told Mr Kenyatta that he must keep his promise and that his rallying call for Kenyans to give him 10 years and the DP another 10 years after his term ends should not be wished away.
Here are some of Kenyans’ views.