In Deputy President William Ruto's camp, there are only two 'smart' individuals remaining, former presidential candidate, Mohammed Abduba Dida has opined.
The Alliance for Real Change party leader named Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen and Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi as the only people the DP can depend on to offer wise counsel.
He said Cherangany Member of Parliament Joshua Kutuny was also a great asset to Ruto before their bitter fallout immediately after 2017 elections.
In a tweet on Saturday, the vocal politician said if Murkomen and Abdullahi can abandon the DP, he would be left with no think tank, but just a 'bunch of clueless noise makers'.
"Point Blank! DP Ruto's team had only three smart people, Kutuny, Murkomen, and SC Ahmednasir. Remove Hon Murkomen and Ahmednasir and DP Ruto is left with a bunch of clueless noisemakers with no direction at all!" Dida posted.
Murkomen, who is also the Elgeyo Marakwet Senator, has emerged as the fierce defender of the DP against the onslaught from Kieleweke politicians who are allied to the handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga.
Although he has not publicly endorsed Ruto’s 2022 presidential bid, Ahmednasir has been fighting his battles, particularly online, against the likes of Prof Makau Mutua, a fierce critic of the DP.
"Prof has a long history of predictions that goes back decades on all matters DP Ruto...none...none...none...came close..." the vocal lawyer told off Mutua recently after predicting the DP's 'abrupt resignation from government'