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Ruto asks Raila to stop using his name to campaign

by Enock Ndayala

As the race to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta hots up, Deputy President William Ruto has asked ODM leader Raila Odinga to keep his name out of his campaign rallies.

Speaking at Orahey Grounds in Wajir on Thursday, March 31, during a Kenya Kwanza rally, the deputy president in an apparent reference to the Azimio la Umoja presidential flag bearer said their opponents do not have an agenda for the country.

“Na mjue wale ambao tunashindana na wao tumewashinda na akili na mpango. Sasa mpango yao yote ni William Ruto. Nataka niwaambie nyinyi watu wa Azimio wacheni kuzimia na jina ya William Ruto, tafuteni agenda muuzie wakenya, William Ruto si manifesto yenu,”

As the race to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta hots up, Deputy President William Ruto has asked ODM leader Raila Odinga to keep his name out of his campaign rallies.
As the race to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta hots up, Deputy President William Ruto has asked ODM leader Raila Odinga to keep his name out of his campaign rallies. Photo: William Ruto/Twitter

“And know that those with whom we have competed have overcome them with intelligence and plan. Now their whole plan is William Ruto. Your agenda from morning up to evening has been William Ruto this William Ruto that… Stop using my name to drive your campaigns. I am not your manifesto. Stop it,” William Ruto.

Ruto advised the former prime minister to concentrate on selling his manifesto to Kenyans warning him not to blame the Kenya Kwanza coalition after losing the much-awaited presidential contest.

“Do not blame us when Kenya Kwanza wins the election. It will be because you did not have an agenda other than Ruto,” Ruto added.

Ironically, the second in command himself has been castigating Raila on every campaign platform, calling him “mtu ya kitendawili”.

Ruto further took a swipe at the ODM leader for claiming that he will fight corruption saying that Raila has been campaigning using money from proceeds of corruption.

“How on earth will he fight corruption when he is the biggest beneficiary of it? The money he is using to the campaign is stolen and forcefully gotten from governors,” he said.

The DP was flanked by his Kenya Kwanza co-principals; Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader Musalia Mudavadi, Ford-Kenya’s Moses Wetangula as well as other leaders affiliated with the outfit.

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