Deputy President William Ruto. [Photo/Naije.com]
Attacks on Deputy President William Ruto are not fizzing out anytime soon after being accused as the man behind the fall of seasoned politicians in Jubilee primaries more politicians are hitting back at DP Ruto especially from his Rift Valley backyard.
Led by Cherangany MP Wesley Korir, the MPs claimed that Ruto presided over flawed nominations adding that he didn't give their supporters a chance to chose their preferred candidates.
Korir siad Ruto duped Rift Vallet politicians in joining Jubilee Party only to dump them during the primaries, he thus likened the DP to the biblical Judas Iscariot.
“In 2013, I joined Parliament as an independent candidate, but there is one Judas Iscariot who kissed me, lied to me and later betrayed and crucified me publicly,” he said.
He lost to State House political adviser Joshua Kuttuny.
Three MPs from Uasin Gishu and Nandi county also accused DP Ruto for ignoring them during the Jubilee primaries despite being close to him in the last five years.
“Ruto took charge of the Jubilee primaries at the party headquarters and whenever we tried to complain about the flaws during the nominations, we were ignored,” the MP from Nandi said.