Public outburst between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto degenerates a day after the President called out his principal assistant over hypocrisy.
Speaking in Likuyani in Kakamega County, Ruto pointed out that it would be reckless for someone to ignore his contribution.
“You cannot deny me as Deputy President the credit in the many things we have achieved as a government. It is not going happen my friends,” he said
Ruto parted ways with his boss due to his political ambitions to succeed him stressing that he will not be cowed into succumbing to threats and intimidation from those who continue to undermine his role.
Kenyatta yesterday criticized Ruto for taking credit for government projects he had not participated in implementing. In a no-holds-barred attack, the President accused Ruto of spending his time moving around and addressing Kenyans from the top of his car and spreading untruths.
He noted his deputy’s style of “working from the top of a vehicle” saying real service delivery was never accomplished through politicking but by hard work and good leadership.
“Dwelling on empty politics and yet you have nothing to show is a waste of time. Real work cannot be done from the rooftop of vehicles. It is done in offices, in hospitals. A nurse cannot go saying I have done this or that. They go to the hospital and work in the wards and in theatre,” he said.
“Lakini mambo ya kuongea maneno matupu huku hakuna kitu unafanya. Kazi haifanywi juu ya gari inafanywa kwa maofisi, kwa mahospitali. Nurse haendi huko kusimama kupiga mdomo ati unajua mimi leo mimi nimefanya hii na ile… anaingia kwa mahospitali, kwa wodi, anaingia theatre.”
Ruto affirmed that he is ready to face his competitors at the August polls where he exuded confidence that the Kenya Kwanza Alliance will emerge victorious with a landslide win.
“We are ready for that contest my friends. Bring it on,” he said.
