Political analyst Ambrose Weda has defended Deputy President William Ruto over an alleged inconsistent stand on his view on opposition leader Raila Odinga.
The Deputy President has been in the front-line in bashing the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader lately and even accused him of trying to use his truce with President Uhuru Kenyatta to separate the two (Uhuru and Ruto).
But he on Friday hosted both Uhuru and Raila for lunch at his official residence in Karen Nairobi, before again praising and vowing to work with him during his tour of Migori County on Monday.
“I have nothing against Raila. In fact, we are working closely with him and President Uhuru Kenyatta under the Building Bridges Initiative brought about by the handshake,’’ Ruto was quoted by the Standard.
But in an interview on KBC English Service’s ‘The Big Conversation’ on Wednesday, Weda termed Ruto’s actions as normal and quite compulsory from a person who is mingling his rival's supporters.
According to Weda, Ruto concentrated on telling the people what they wanted to hear and with most of them deemed Raila's supporters, he had to shelve their enmity for a moment.
''He knows what to say and what the people want to hear, it is because of his mastering of that art that he has risen to his current position,'' he said.
Ruto promised to tour the county again early next year.