Gem MP Jakoyo Midiwo has asked Deputy President William Ruto to quit President Uhuru Kenyatta's led Jubilee Party (JP) claiming that the party and Mt Kenya region will not support his 2022 presidential bid.
According to the MP, DP Ruto will not be supported by the Mt Kenya region for his 2022 bid.
Midiwo claims that Mt Kenya region is only deceiving the Deputy President.
Speaking on Citizen TV Sunday Live yesterday, Midiwo claimed that Mt Kenya region is grooming up Peter Kenneth for the 2022 bid.
“Let me advise my brother Ruto that Mt Kenya region will not back his bid for 2022 because the region is already grooming Kenneth for the bid,” he claimed.
Midiwo claimed that Mt Kenya region is only using DP Ruto to get the Rift Valley votes and would dump him in 2022.
The MP alleged that Mt Kenya region has never backed a non-kikuyu for the top seat and that its time for DP Ruto to quit if he has the dreams of ever being President.
Midiwo who is the deputy minority chief whip in the National Assembly claimed that Peter Kenneth decision to back Uhuru’s re-election in 2017 is a well calculated move that will see him endorsed as 2022 flag bearer.
On Sunday Kenneth said that he will support the re-election of Uhuru.
The Kenya Congress Party (KNC) leader further said that he will vie for the Nairobi, Nakuru or Murang’a gubernatorial seat next year.
Kenneth vied for the presidential seat in 2013 general elections emerging fourth.
The debate on whether the Mt Kenya region will support DP Ruto in 2022 has been ongoing with a section of politicians allied to Mt Kenya claiming that it is not automatic that the region will back DP Ruto in 2022.
However, Jubilee Party top leaders have assured that the region will support the Deputy President in 2022.