Deputy President William Ruto allies have in the recent past sustained the campaign that President Uhuru Kenyatta owes him the presidency in return for the support he gave him (president)
The DP and his allies have time and again reminded his boss how he helped him to become the fourth Head of State in 2013 as well as in his re-election in 2017.
For instance, during his presidential campaign in Meru earlier this month, the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party presidential flag bearer said he supported his now estranged boss, President Uhuru Kenyatta, unconditionally.
However, in an interview with Inooro FM on Wednesday, July 27, former Jubilee Secretary General Raphael Tuju dismissed William Ruto’s claims that he supported Uhuru unconditionally.
Tuju, who is currently the Executive Director of the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition party Presidential Secretariat, said Ruto was actually paid to throw his weight behind President Uhuru Kenyatta’s presidential bid in 2013 as well as his re-election in 2017.
“Let the people of Mount Kenya not think that (William) Ruto supported Uhuru willingly in the first place, this is a person of blackmail. He was paid. I can confirm before a court of law how it went,” Tuju said.
Tuju said that the 2022 presidential front runner came with demands that were to be met before throwing his support behind President Uhuru Kenyatta’s State House bid.
Among the demands, Tuju said, was money as well as a certain share of the government appointments before he could support President Uhuru Kenyatta in both the 2013 and 2013 General Elections.
“He came with conditions that had to be met in order for him to back Uhuru. To him, politics is a business. That is why when he was making appointments in the cabinets and parastatals, he had to be given a 50 percent share which he then gave to his people and his friends,” he said.
