Deputy President William Ruto has yet again insisted that his relationship with President Uhuru Kenyatta is intact, adding that nothing has changed since they united in 2012.
In an interview with Kameme FM on Thursday, Ruto dismissed a section of MPs opposing his trips across the country, arguing that they cannot teach him how to respect President Uhuru Kenyatta.
“These MPs in Kieleweke cannot teach me to respect the President, I have stood beside him since 2002. They have made no contribution to the government. We have been together since our days in KANU. That is over 20 years,” he said.
“Between me and the Kieleweke MPs who would the President stand with? of course, me.”
In recent weeks, President Uhuru Kenyatta has seemingly drifted away from his deputy, instead choosing to work closely with opposition leader Raila Odinga.
Ruto, in recent days, has vehemently opposed the fight against corruption, saying that it targets his political ambitions. On Thursday however, he said there was some genuine approach in the graft purge.
“There are genuine efforts to fight corruption through investigations carried out by institutions such as Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission and Directorate of Criminal Investigations which are on track,” he said.
“However, there is propaganda being carried out by busybodies and politicians who are attending funerals and meetings across the country to trash the good efforts.”
Raila Odinga has been working closely with Uhuru in graft crackdown, a move that has often angered associates of the DP in that past.