Although Deputy President William Ruto has repeatedly stated he is ready for the lifestyle audit, he still believes he is the target of the order announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta last month.
Speaking during an interview on Sunday, Ruto reiterated his readiness for the exercise but questioned why the focus was solely on him when there were other wealthy persons in the country whom nobody was asking about their source of their wealth.
"Mtoto wa maskini akipata ameiba, lakini mtoto wa tajiri akiiba wanasema ni mali ya babake (When a poor man's child becomes wealthy it is said he has stolen, but when a rich man's child steals it is said the wealth belongs to his father)," Ruto said but noted he had heard the 'profound' saying from someone in Kakamega.
According to political analysts, that was an indirect attack on Uhuru whose father is founding President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta.
Ruto's allies led by Kapsaret MP Oscar Sudi and Nandi Senator Samson Cherargai have been calling for the lifestyle audit of Mzee Kenyatta.
"Money has a history. There's no way it just comes. The DP was getting back at his boss. Who is the 'mtoto wa tajiri' here," remarked Arnold Maliba on Monday speaking to NTV.
Appearing on the same show, Fred Okango, a governance expert, said Ruto was firing shots at someone but noted the DP didn't want to mention the individual.
"If you listen to the answers and statements from the DP, he is firing salvos at someone. We don't know who that person is," Okango remarked.