Jubilee Vice Chair David Murathe has insisted that Deputy President William Ruto must retire in 2022.
Murathe says the presidency is served by two people, the President, and the Deputy President, and the constitution bars any from running for more than two terms.
“In effect, if he automatically becomes president without going for the mandate from the mwananchi (citizen) then that is why 148 says you cannot run again. Na nitaenda mpaka Supreme Court. Sisi hatucheki na watu,” Murathe said.
The former Gatanga MP said that the DP is the ‘President’ when the President is away.“If the President is not here, then who is President? Si ni deputy?” he posed.
Murathe’s utterances are expected to cause another storm like it happened when he spoke in Kakamega a few weeks ago.
The latest remarks were made during the burial of Jubilee Party Secretary Raphael Tuju’s bother Kefa Oduor Tuju at Ralingo village in Rarieda constituency on Saturday, January 5, 2019.
It is curious that the Jubilee party leader has the guts to make the remarks repeatedly even after President Uhuru Kenyatta asked leaders to cease the 2022 debate.
The remarks will also throw legal minds into the works in trying to interpret the constitution on the matter.