Former Mukurweini lawmaker Kabando Wa Kabando now says that a good number of the persons currently in Deputy President William Ruto's camp will abandon him with time.
The DP has been basking in endorsements from a good number of politicians from across the nation, some of whom have crossed to his side over from the opposition parties.
But Kabando on Wednesday warned the DP against considering their endorsements for his 2022 presidential bid sincere, saying that most are only with him for their own reasons.
He pointed out that when the time comes, a good number will abandon him to troop back to where they came from, probably before the polls, leaving him with very few people to his side.
"I can tell you, all these individuals, quite a good number of them will not be where they're standing today," he said on KTN's Pointblank show on Wednesday night.
He called upon the DP to concentrate on the national agenda if he is to survive going forward, cautioning him against casting all his hopes on the groups that troop beside him.
Kabando cautioned that the group is only accompanying the DP because he has something to offer, but not because they love or believe in his ideologies.
"If I were to advise Deputy President William Ruto, the people around you singing songs and telling you that you are the alpha and omega or the political melodrama or panorama of this country, they will only be with you for now because they are extracting the gold you may have," he said.
Lately, the DP appears to have managed to attract MPs from President Uhuru Kenyatta's Mt Kenya backyard, some of whom have been siding with him against the President.
So far, the only region that has proved impossible for him has been the Luo Nyanza region which remains solidly behind former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.