Deputy President William Ruto's BBC appearance may elicit emotions among the political elites following the pre-recorded interview in the Hard Talk Show.
In the show, Ruto dismissed reports that Dr Fred Matiang'i does not report directly to him, despite an Executive Order by President Uhuru Kenyatta which seemed to trim the DP's powers tremendously.
"Those ‘sidelined’ stories have no basis at all. The functions of a deputy president are in the Constitution. The president and I agreed on how we are going to make government much more efficient and to deliver.
"His committee is a Cabinet Committee. That committee reports to the President and myself. How on earth can you talk about sidelining?" reports the Nation.
But despite his claims that Matiang'i reports to him and President Uhuru Kenyatta, the Order as issued by the latter, stated clearly that Dr Matiang'i's committee would report it's progress to the president.
In the order, Matiang'i, a super minister in Uhuru's government, is required to chair a powerful cabinet sub committee that would be in charge of supervising, monitoring and communicating all government projects.
"The above committee under the Interior Minister shall report all it's findings directly to H. E the president. The reports must be done weekly," read the order.
For the past one month, Ruto has been fighting claims that his powers were trimmed in favour of Matiang'i, insisting that his mandate is outlined in the constitution.
Last week, Matiang'i chaired the committee with pundits claiming that it's a strategy by pro-Uhuru team to undermine Ruto, who is keen to clinch 2022 presidential seat.