Pressure is mounting on Baringo Senator Gideon Moi to support Deputy President William Ruto's 2022 presidential bid.
A section of Nort Rift leaders now says Senator Moi is a good presidential candidate but should wait until DP Ruto serves his two terms.
Speaking in Eldoret town on Saturday, the Jubilee leaders led by Nandi Senator Stephen Cherargei and Kapseret Member of Parliament Oscar Sudi said Senator Moi should support DP Ruto in 2022.
"As leaders from this region we want to call upon our brother Gideon Moi to swallow his pride and support Ruto in 2022 them come 2032 we will support him fully," said Cherargei.
The vocal legislators further insisted that DP Ruto is the regions' sole presidential candidate for 2022 general elections.
"In Riftvalley we only have one bull, that is William Samoei Ruto who will be the 5th president of Kenya. He is our automatic Jubilee presidential candidate come 2022 and no primaries will be done on the same," added Sudi.
The leaders further claimed the Baringo Senator was being used by a few self-centered individuals to divide the vote-rich Rift Valley region.
They, however, said the ploy will fail miserably.
"It is not bad for a child to wear his fathers' shoes but this cannot make him the father. Gideon, you are not the father you are the son of the father," Senator Cherargei said.