Deputy President William Ruto has hit out at those misusing Kikuyu elders.
Speaking in Ol-Jororok, Nyandarua County on Sunday while addressing a congregation, the deputy president said that no one owed him any debt, let alone the Kikuyu community.
"Wale ambao wanatumia wazee vibaya kuhusu hii maneno ya madeni. Mimi niliwajibu, sijui ni masikio hawana. Mimi nilisema ile deni ambao tuko nayo na mweshimiwa Uhuru Kenyatta ni deni ya kuwafanyia wakenya kazi.
"(Those misusing elders in this debt issue. I answered them unless they don't have ears. I said that the only debt, president Uhuru Kenyatta and I have is to work for the people of Kenya)," DP Ruto said.
Ruto's strong words were aimed at the so-called Kieleweke team that has claimed that the deputy president wants the Kikuyu nation to pay him a political debt.
The Kieleweke group has been moving around the country, preaching against the prospect of a DP Ruto presidency.
Members of the armophous group include former Starehe MP Maina Kamanda, Nyeri Town MP Ngunjiri Wambugu, and Cherengany MP Joshua Kutuny.
The question of whether Central Kenya owes the deputy president a political debt has been hotly debated in political circles.
Among leaders who accompanied Ruto to Nyandarua is Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung'wah.