Jubilee Senator Paul Njoroge (Nominated) has asked President Uhuru Kenyatta not to risk going into the 2017 elections with Ruto as his running mate because of corruption scandals around him.
The senator on Monday accused Ruto and his close allies over the Sh1.6 billion NYS theft and pointed Ruto's anger with former Devolution CS Anne Waiguru as arising from her refusal to take part in the looting.
He added that if the president wanted to reserve the seat for the Rift Valley people, he had better options to choose from other than Ruto.
“Kalenjinland has other better sons who can as well be Deputy President,” he said.
“I humbly appeal to the President, requesting him to ask his deputy to step aside as happened to his former Chief of Staff Marianne Keitany to pave way for quick investigations,” he added as quoted by the Star.
He added: “Let Uhuru understand that we cannot afford this anymore and he has to have a Plan B – and more so from Kalenjinland – and identify another leader as the investigating bodies start their work on William Ruto.”