Gatundu North MP Kigo Njenga has assured Deputy President William Ruto that Mt Kenya region will fully back his 2022 presidential bid.
Speaking at Kamwangi town centre on Sunday, the MP asked DP Ruto not to worry about 2022 because he has the full support of Mt Kenya region.
The MP stated that claims that the region might endorse someone else are false.
“We want to guarantee DP Ruto that Mt Kenya will not backtrack on its agreement to support his 2022 presidential ticket,” he said.
The MP who was in the company of Energy CS Charles Keter and Kiambu governor William Kabogo who had earlier launched the last mile project at Kamwangi said that DP Ruto will be president in 2022.
He accused the opposition of allegedly intruding into Jubilee party affairs.
“Some of the people claiming that Mt Kenya will not vote for DP Ruto in 2022 are in the opposition and we know their motives,” he said.
There have been claims that Mt Kenya region might not endorse DP Ruto in 2022. It is claimed that the region is grooming up someone else to challenge DP Ruto’s 2022 bid.
The decision by former Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth to join Jubilee Party is being linked to the 2022 politics.
Jubilee Party politicians in Mt Kenya region have however come out clearly saying that their support for DP Ruto in 2022 still stands.
The DP will be seeking endorsement after the expiry of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s term if he wins re-election in 2017.