Allies to Opposition Leader Raila Odinga have claimed that they have direct instructions from the former Prime Minister to oppose the presidential ambitions of Deputy President William Ruto. The sentiments were laid bare by Deputy Party Leader and Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho, the leaders argue that Dr Ruto lacks sufficient integrity to lead the country.
“If Raila says we go right we shall all go right and if he says we go left we have all to go left. He (Raila) has told us to support Uhuru and oppose Ruto’s presidential bid that is exactly what we are doing,” Joho said in Butala, Busia County.
”I am extremely against the presidential bid of Ruto, this country cannot be led by someone like Ruto because of his bad integrity.”
The Mombasa governor further commended the elevation of Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination Fred Matiang’i. According to Joho, the appointment of Matiang’i to oversee government programmes will help every region to get development.
“I am ready to welcome Matiang’i whenever he comes to Mombasa to oversee projects because he is not interested in politics but advancing development agenda of the Uhuru’s government,” said Joho.
Joho’s revelations comes shortly after the Ford Kenya Party refuted claims that they had reached an MOU with the Deputy President to support his Presidential bid in the next general elections.