Details emerge of Ruto’s secret meeting after sending out media
2 min readDetails emerge of Ruto’s secret meeting after sending out media from a meeting with the victims of 2007 post-election violence.
In a meeting with victims of 2007 post-election violence from Njoro and Molo on 20, June, Deputy President William Ruto asked the media to stop covering the event.
However, the details of Ruto’s secret meeting have leaked after a section of reporters managed to sneak in.
According to a report published by The Standard, the Deputy President dwelled on his election pact with President Uhuru Kenyatta even as he tried to justify why he backed him twice.
According to the DP, the Rift Valley was the area most severely impacted by the post-election clashes, and the collaboration with Uhuru was intended to bring peace to the area, which is primarily home to the Kikuyu and Kalenjin tribes.
Ruto claimed that if he had chosen to run, he would have come third and would have lost.
“Looking at the country’s politics after the 2007 General Election, the biggest problem when it reaches there, the most affected is Rift Valley people. I sat down with my friend Uhuru and held a discussion,” he stated.
Ruto further revealed that he held discussions with various leaders who were seeking his support before opting to join hands with Uhuru.
He stated that Wiper leader, Kalonzo Musyoka, urged him to support his bid adding that he was warned that he would be jailed for 10 years if he failed to get to power.
“Kalonzo told us he is an international lawyer. He said the two of us would be imprisoned for about 10 years and instead asked us to support him to be President. He said when done with his 10 years, we would be out of jail,” Ruto explained.
He also mentioned that he had considered working with Eugene Wamalwa, the defence cabinet secretary.
Their alliance, though, had no hope of securing power.
“I asked Eugene: Uhuru aside, can you even defeat me? We even tried asking him that we unite and that we would offer him a post, but he declined.”
The Deputy President added that supporting Uhuru was easier for him than returning to the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party to support Raila Odinga.
“I had a chance to support Raila because it was obvious if I supported him, he would have won. The same would have happened if I supported Uhuru. It was easy for me to support Uhuru.”
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