For sometime now, there have been claims that President Uhuru Kenyatta will not keep his word on supporting Deputy President William Ruto’s Presidential bid come 2022.
President Kenyatta’s decision to work with Opposition Chief Raila Odinga has even fueled the doubts further with Ruto’s allies arguing that Uhuru is out to frustrate Ruto’s Presidential bid.
Ruto has now cleared the air on his 2022 Presidential bid, a move that is likely to calm down talks of an impending betrayal from his camp.
On chances of being declared ‘Ruto Tosha’ by Mr Kenyatta, the Jubilee Party presidential hopeful said the president will make his choice when the time comes.
The Jubilee Party constitution, he added, clearly states how a presidential candidate is chosen and there is nowhere they agreed with Mr Kenyatta that he will be the flagbearer.
He said President Kenyatta will not impose him on Jubilee members and will have to work hard to convince others to support his candidature.
“I will not in public want to tell my boss what to do. What I know is that the party headed by Kenyatta will have a presidential candidate in 2022 and that person is not necessarily me,” he said.
“I will present my papers same as others and will support whoever the party will have chosen.”