A group of top figures in Jubilee government and business circles has reportedly set up a secretariat in Gigiri and Lavington Nairobi to run an anti-Ruto campaign.
The team is reportedly hellbent to ensure Deputy President William Ruto does not ascend to the presidency after President Uhuru Kenyatta retires.
Those behind the plot are said to have given instructions that the team must ensure Ruto is ‘finished what come may’.
A loaded family member of a Jubilee leader is said to be the financier of the group.
Already there are consultants, lawyers and political schemers helping the secretariat run a massive anti-Ruto smear campaign.
The team is also thinking on how to use the opposition and the recent handshake, to ensure the DP’s 2022 ambition is halted.
Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei, a diehard supporter of the DP, said they are well aware of this group.
“We are aware of a secretariat working day and night to frustrate the DP. It is taking advantage of the handshake between President Uhuru and Raila Odinga to come up with all manner of things to put a spanner in the works,” Cherargei said.
The group is said to compose intellectual giants and political thinkers who are coming up with all manner of schemes that can cut the DP to size.
“It’s behind the anti-corruption fight, lifestyle audit proposal, the Mau evictions, and even the latest move to stop new projects,” he added.
A Jubilee MP allied to Ruto, who preferred anonymity, said they will face the bull by its horns when the right time comes.
“These people are undermining the man they are dealing with. When the right time comes, we will face them ball by ball, things will explode my friend,” the MP said.