Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto has said that no one will push him to resign from the Jubilee government even as pressure mounts for him to quit.
Speaking during an interview on Weru TV on Tuesday, November 16, the Jubilee deputy party leader said he was elected by eight million Kenyans hence he will not give in to pressure from a few of his opponents.
“You know I am not going to leave under anybody’s pleasure. I was elected by the people of Kenya. Those who voted for me have not asked to quit so who are you to ask me to quit,” William Ruto said.
William Ruto also said that he no longer has the opportunity to contribute to how the government implements its programs like before when he and President Uhuru had a closer relationship..
He said that during the first term of the Jubilee government in office, the country witnessed unprecedented growth but since he was technically pushed out of the government, everything ceased including the Big Four Agenda.
“From 2013 to 2017 President Uhuru Kenyatta and I, working together the amount of transformation that happened when William Ruto had a say in government is evident. When other people were given the opportunity where are they? Where is the Big four,” he added.
On Monday, August 23, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta challenged his estranged deputy to resign if he is dissatisfied with the Jubilee government.
In an interview with senior editors at State House, Nairobi, the Head of State condemned his deputy for opposing a government he is part of.
“It would be an honourable thing that if you are not happy with it (government), step aside and take your agenda to the people,
“That is what happens in a democracy, you cannot ride on what we have done and talk a different language on the side,” President Uhuru said.
