Deputy President William Ruto has come out to reveal why and how he will stop the so-called ‘Reggae’ being preached by the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) brigade which is arraigned to his political nemesis, Raila Odinga.
While speaking at a church service in Gatunduri, the country’s second in command asserted that if some of the sentiments being propagated by a section of Raila’s team, then he would have no choice but to ask all Kenyans to oppose and defeat it.
“This story we are being told about nobody can stop reggae.., if the reggae is what we are seeing, the ethnicity being preached in the BBI rallies, the ethnic profiling of communities, the hate and campaign of one community against the other…my friends, reggae will stop!” Ruto assured.
A seemingly angry DP went on to state that he was not ready to be blackmailed, threatened or victimised by anybody even as more questions arise over his legitimacy to claim the presidency.
“We will continue worshipping God. Reggae and tsunami will not stop us. Bishop don’t be worried about these people, we know God and we are not apologetic about it,” he said.
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His remarks against the BBI comes just a day after the Narok meeting which was characterised by tribal profiling remarks that saw some leaders walk out in protest. These included Emurua Dikirr MP Johana Ngโeno and Narok Deputy Governor Evalyn Aruasa who walked out of the meeting after the daughter of the late William Ntimama, Leah claimed the position of governor and deputy belong entirely to the Maasai community.
Moreover, unlike the previous meetings, politicians allied to the DP skipped the Saturday’s function with some of the leaders instead taking to social media to demonise the BBI report, saying it is being used to plant discord and hate in the country.
Their sentiments were echoed by Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui criticised a section of leaders who made addresses at the event, stating that they had it all wrong with their pronouncements on land ownership, further noting that their utterances were inciteful.
“Utterances attributed to a section of leaders during the Narok BBI meeting in relation to non-indigenous landowners and reclaiming land across three counties is retrogressive and ill-informed,” he said.
“We are also concerned about leaders who are seeking to hijack the BBI to pursue selfish political agenda that may cause ethnic disharmony. This has led to deliberate distortions to the BBI concept of national inclusion and harmony.”