A fairly disappointed Deputy President William Ruto on Wednesday showed signs of moving on following jibes from President Uhuru Kenyatta's allies.
For the past three weeks, confidants of Uhuru led by Jubilee Vice Chair David Murathe have openly dismissed Ruto's ambitions, insisting that he's unfit to take over.
At Sugoi where he hosted a delegation from Busia and Bungoma Counties, Ruto said he doesn't depend on endorsement from any politician, an indication that he's prepared to move on without the president's support.
"You don't need endorsement for this seat. I am ready to face them because the people will decide. In politics, you don't sit and wait to be endorsed by someone else," he said.
In the past, the two had promised to work together to 2032, with the president insisting that he will be keen to see the DP taking over from him in 2022, a position which he no longer holds.
But a confident Ruto warned that he will be forced to oppose referendum being rooted by Uhuru and opposition leader Raila Odinga should it involve scrapping of wards.
"I will support everything they want but not reduction of wards, constituencies or counties. We should be talking about increasing of resources to those devolved units," he said.
During his trip to Kisumu in December, Uhuru hinted a possible referendum, arguing that the current set-up promotes chaos during polls.
The DP is keen to galvanize support in traditional opposition strongholds with Western Kenya and Coastal strip being on top of his agenda having given up on Mt Kenya.
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