By Chisomo Phiri
NAIROBI-(MaraviPost)-Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto has taken a swipe at his boss, President Uhuru Kenyatta over his decision to support the former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Ruto accuses Kenyatta of his economic policies claiming that Kenya was heading in the wrong direction and that he will fix the mess within 30 days after being elected into office.
His statement is in relation to current Kenya’s public debt which has risen by US$61.32 billion from nearly 17 billion dollars since Kenyatta assumed office in 2013.
The Deputy President is also accusing Kenyatta for failing to honor his 2017 election promises and using state institutions to persecute political opponents.
Ruto’s fallout with Kenyatta began in 2018, when the former Prime Minister Raila Odinga made a peace truce popularly known as the handshake with the current President.
The handshake sparked speculation that the two men had made a pact that would see Odinga succeed Kenyatta, a two-term president who cannot run a third time.
The two leaders also sought to expand the executive through proposed constitutional changes that would have potentially allowed Kenyatta to stay in power as a prime minister.
Uhuru Muigai Kenyata is a Kenyan politician who is the president of Kenya serving since 2013.