William Ruto is the Deputy President of Kenya. [Photo/www.thecitizen.co.tz]
Deputy President William Ruto has given CNN an interview that comes hot on the heels of another interview that opposition leader gave the international media organization on Friday.
The interview was a welcome opportunity for the Jubilee government to mount a point by point refutation of the points raised by Odinga and respond to the legitimacy questions likely to pop up as a result of the presumed low turnout.
‘’You must win 50%... we have already surpassed that threshold… That means that in terms of the constitution, the legitimacy question is already answered… It is incorrect for Mr. Odinga to say that 3.5 million voters turned out. In fact 7.5 million voters turned out… Of course he wants to peddle a narrative that suits his political narrative but the reality is 91% of Kenyans who voted who voted for Uhuru Kenyatta on 8th of August turned up and voted for us on Thursday,’’ a confident Ruto said.
This interview is the latest dramatization of the tensions that continue to bedevil the Jubilee-NASA relations, plunging the country into a protracted political crisis that shows no signs of abating.