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Wacheni porojo! DP Ruto responds to Uhuru impeachment claims

Ruto said he can't scheme to topple a government he put in office.

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by EMMANUEL WANJALA

News27 March 2022 - 15:21
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  • • Ruto said the president and his allies in the Azimio la Umoja camp had resorted to idle talk on realizing that Kenyans have rejected their political ploys.
  • • In an apparent reference to Raila, the DP said the person well known for  toppling governments in Kenya is well known. 
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Deputy President William Ruto has responded to claims by President Uhuru Kenyatta that he wanted to remove him from power through an impeachment.

Speaking in Kilifi on Sunday, the DP termed the allegations by the president as propaganda.

A report by the Standard said the president fell out with the DP because he found out Ruto wanted to topple him before his term ended.

But Ruto downplayed the claims as mere fabrications.

"Hata kama hamtaki kuniunga mkono, wacheni porojo na propaganda ya bure. Wacheni kugawanya wakenya. Eti William Ruto anaweza kupindua mtu ambaye niliweka kwa ofisi?" Ruto posed..

This translates to: "Even if you don't want to support me, stop idle talk and propaganda. Stop dividing Kenyans. How can William Ruto impeach someone he put in office?"

The Standard quoted Mathioya MP Peter Kimari as saying the president informed about 3000 elders from Mount Kenya region that Ruto went behind his back and attempted to strike a power deal with ODM Party leader Raila Odinga to pull off the impeachment.

The paper also claimed Uhuru informed the elders that Ruto was encouraging opposition protests in 2017 while at the same time inciting Uhuru to clamp down on them.

The leaders were from Kiama Kia Ma, Kikuyu Council of Elders and elected leaders.

But on Sunday, Ruto said the president and his allies in the Azimio la Umoja camp had resorted to idle talk on realizing that Kenyans have rejected their political ploys.

"Wakenya wamekataa project yenyu ambayo mnataka kutumia kuendesha kimabavu juu yetu," Ruto said.

This loosely translates to, "Kenyans have rejected your project which you want to use to rule us by force."

"Mimi ni mtu mzima, mimi si mlevi, mimi si wazimu ati niweke serikali ndani halafu niende niifanyie njama ya kuipindua," a visibly agitated Ruto stated.

In an apparent reference to Raila, the DP said the person with a penchant to topple governments in Kenya is well known. 

"In 1982, he was there during the coup. Recently, he swore himself (as the people's president) in a bid to try to topple the government," Ruto said.

"You must be confusing me with your project," Ruto said, a comment seemingly directed at the president.

"I want to say without any fear or contradiction. I want to ask our friends, please, respect those of us who campaigned for Uhuru Kenyatta and made him president," Ruto said.

Last month, former Jubilee Secretary General Raphael Tuju also claimed Ruto plotted to sabotage Uhuru's administration and make the country ungovernable.

Similar allegations were made by Jubilee vice chairman David Murathe in January.

This apparent sabotage, Murathe said, was the main reason Uhuru went for the handshake with ODM leader Raila Odinga.

Ruto, however, claimed the allegations are a sign of desperation from the Azimio camp which has sensed defeat on account of the rejection of its project - Raila Odinga.

"Don't bring useless, empty propaganda, negative ethnicity because you have no plan and you have no agenda and because your project has been rejected by the people of Kenya," he said. 

"As deputy president, I know what I must do and I will never, I have never, and I will never and it has never happened that I could be part of anything that would bring down the government of Kenya," the DP said.

"Those who are spreading those lies, shame on you! shame on you! you deserve nothing but shame," he concluded.

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