Malindi Member of Parliament Aisha Jumwa has fired back at critics condemning her newfound political romance with Deputy President William Ruto, vowing to stand her ground.
The firebrand lawmaker has been under fire lately, after she led a section of opposition leaders from the Coast in endorsing Ruto's 2022 presidential bid, with the group vowing to lead the Coast region into supporting the DP's candidature.
Speaking while accompanying Ruto for a tour of Vanga, Kwale county on Saturday, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) parliamentarian said that no amount of condemnations will move her.
"I have no plans of reconsidering my stand on walking with the Deputy President and and no amount of intimidation or pressure will make me veer off the new path I have chosen," she said.
Jumwa noted that she was also acting in line with the Building Bridges Initiative founded by her party leader and opposition leader Raila Odinga and President Uhuru Kenyatta after their March 9 reconciliation.
"If I cannot stretch my hand to shake President Uhuru's hand then what is the problem if I shake his deputy's instead? You only go for someone your size and that is what I did," she added.
This comes at a time when the ODM party which had earlier kicked off punitive plans against her seems to have reconsidered the move.