The unstable and lack of trust among Jubilee politicians towards the support of Deputy President William Ruto in his 2022 presidential bid has angered some of the Rift Valley leaders, who have called on President Uhuru Kenyatta to ensure Central Kenya backs Ruto in 2022.
MPs Oscar Sudi (Kapseret) and Alfred Keter (Nandi Hills) said the Kalenjin community backed Uhuru in 2013 and will back him next year, but they will wait to see what happens in the 2017 elections.
“We want to tell President Kenyatta that it will be up to him to decide if he will stand with us or not in 2022,” Sudi said.
He spoke at the funeral of Isaac Murei in Kapseret further adding that they were angered by remarks made by Kiambu Governor William Kabogo and nominated Senator Paul Njoroge on the 2022 succession.
Kabogo and Njoroge said Central Kenya will not automatically back Ruto for president in 2022, although Kabogo has since apologised over his remarks.
Keter said they are monitoring utterances by Central leaders, which he termed divisive and meant to create political animosity.