President William Ruto during, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi after a press conference at State House Nairobi. [PCS]

It is official. President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua have severed ties and the camaraderie they once enjoyed is dead.

The duo has not been on talking terms since September 1. The straw that broke the camel’s back, The Sunday Standard can reveal, was an encounter at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) when the President was leaving for Beijing for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

On that day two events took place but their ripple effect saw the Head of State and the second in command sever ties. Earlier that day Gachagua had attended the Methodist Church of Kenya’s 100th-year anniversary.

In response to the National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah, contention that Mt Kenya was ungrateful despite getting seven slots of Cabinet secretaries as well as the position of the DP as opposed to Nyanza, Gachagua downplayed the claims.

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