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UDA chairman dismisses William Ruto resignation calls.

by Amos Khaemba

The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party Chairman, Johnstone Muthama has rubbished calls for the resignation of Deputy President William Ruto.

Taking to Twitter, the UDA chairman said the Deputy President is not a civil servant, and hence termed the resignation calls as baseless.

“The so-called ‘Deep state and System’ have tried all means possible to block William Ruto’s Presidency but they have miserably failed,” said Muthama on Twitter.

“It started with; Lifestyle audit; Impeach the DP; Change of currency; Huduma number; The BBI and now they’re now at ‘William Ruto’ must resign,” he added.

Muthama pointed out that the Deputy President was elected alongside the President and added he will serve until the last day of his (Uhuru) term.

His comments come after human rghts activist Okiya Omtatah filed a petition seeking to force Deputy President William Ruto to resign before seeking nomination to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta.

In his petition, Omtatah argues that it is discriminatory to require public servants to resign, before seeking elective seats as per Section43(5) & (5A) of the Election Act, while allowing those elected to continue serving.

“A declaration be and is hereby issued that a sitting president, a sitting deputy president, a sitting governor, a sitting deputy governor must vacate office before they can be elected to elective positions other than the ones they hold,” Omutatah said in the petition seen by Kivumbi.co.ke.

Omutatah’s petition is pegged on a ruling by the High Court last year which said elected leaders need not resign before an election when intending to vie for any position in the General Election.

Nominated MP. David Sankok in an article on The Star Newspaper was optimistic that the petition (against) will be thrown out as it lacks merit.

“The petition, if you ask me, is wrong and I am certain the courts will throw it out. It does not hold any water because the constitution is superior,” Sankok said in his article

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