After the handshake pact between Opposition leader Raila Odinga and President Uhuru Kenyatta, their have been rumors going round claims Raila’s team is plotting to block Deputy President William Rutto 2022 presidential ambitions.
However, the opposition chief has dismissed claims his pact with President Uhuru Kenyatta is a ploy by dynasties to block Deputy President William Ruto from ascending to the presidency.
Asked about claims the 2022 presidential elections is a competition between dynasties powerful families that have influenced the country’s politics since independence against the ‘hustler nation’, a campaign strategy associated with Ruto, Raila said the dynasty narrative was a “tired subject” that would not help the DP in his ambition.
Ruto allies have framed the 2022 contest into a race pitting dynasties and hustlers after Uhuru and Raila reconciliation.
They claim there is a scheme by the two families that have dominated the countries politics to gang up against his bid.
During an interview at KTN’s Point Blank, the African Union Special envoy opened up about the behind-the-scene deliberations before their surprise briefing on the steps of Harambee House with Uhuru on March 9 last year, his proposals to change to a parliamentary system of governance, the need to stagger the country’s elections and why there was no going back about the push on a referendum.
He said the Odingas had sacrificed a lot for the country, highlighting his father Jaramogi Oginga Odinga’s detention and struggle for Kenya’s independence.
The former PM said Jaramogi was from a poor background and struggled as a teacher before resigning to venture into business, and later joined the freedom fight.