Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri now says that the ongoing attacks by ODM politicians on Deputy President William Ruto are justifiable.
The lawmaker says that the attacks can be traced back to the August 2017 polls, where ODM leader Raila Odinga vied for the presidency and lost to President Uhuru Kenyatta.
He claims that Raila rejected the election results with an intention of forcing Uhuru into a coalition government, which was completely rejected by Ruto, hence the bitterness towards the DP.
Speaking on Tuesday, he insisted that Raila openly lost the race and was looking for an easy way into government, hence his refusal to participate in the October 26 rerun.
"Raila wanted a coalition government, its Ruto who refused, hence their attacks on him. If they were able to win why did they boycott the rerun? (Raila alitaka nusu mkate, Ruto ndiye alikataa ndio maana wanampiga vita sasa. Kama waliona watashunda mbona walikataa kurudia?)," he said.
The Jubilee lawmaker and staunch supporter of Ruto made the remarks in an interview on Taach FM, Tuesday morning.
He opined that Raila is now using his closeness with Uhuru, after their 2018 handshake, to stir up things within Jubilee, since he only thrives in confusion and political mixups.
According to the vocal parliamentarian, Raila is a politically dangerous man who specializes in 'confusion and propaganda' for political survival.
"Raila has two masters degrees; confusion and propaganda. He is a dangerous man (Raila ako na masters degree mbili; confusion na propaganda, ni mtu hatari sana)," he added.
His remarks come at a time when Ruto has been under intense attacks, including claims that he dispatched billions of shillings to sway the outcome of the concluded Kibra by-election.
He has also been accused of sabotaging Uhuru by deploying his allies to fight the handshake and the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), an offspring of the handshake.