When President William Ruto entered into a political pact with the former President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2013 as a result of the International Criminal Court (ICC) charges each had their own expectations. Although they were united in fear of being jailed, Uhuru was eyeing the president but his deputy had grand plans for Mt Kenya region. With the help of his loyalists, Ruto managed to snatch Mt Kenya region from Uhuru’s grip and defeated Raila, Uhuru’s preferred Presidential candidate. [File, Standard]
After ascending to power as Kenya's first deputy president, Ruto became a regular visitor in the Mt Kenya region, presenting himself as Uhuru’s errand boy.
He crisscrossed every corner of the region as a philanthropist, chief guest for church and school fundraisers, and sometimes launching development projects, and to the delight of the locals, he frequently greeted them Mwathani agocwo and Ngai ni mwega, which is loosely translated to mean ‘Praise God, and God is good.”
In 2017, Ruto was put in charge of the Jubilee Party primaries that were later described as shambolic, especially by political bigwigs who lost to Greenhorns, who were Ruto’s allies.
Some of the political supremos who lost to little-known leaders included former Kiambu Governor Wiliam Kabogo, former Kigumo MP Jamlic Kamau, former presidential candidate Peter Kenneth, who was aspiring for the Nairobi governorship seat, and former Naivasha MP John Mututho, among others.
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