Deputy President Dr William Ruto believes that at least 146 lawmakers, both from the National Assembly and the senate have his back.
This is approximately 70 percent of the parliament. But is this the case?
Well, an MP from the Kieleweke faction of Jubilee party has a different thought. The Nyeri town MP Ngunjiri Wambugu bbelieves that the second in command is day dreaming, or rather hallucinating.
According to the MP, the figure that the DP believes he is controlling is an estimate that he just wants to believe that it reflects his support in Parliament but in reality, it is far away from the truth.
“If Deputy President William Ruto believes that he controls 70 per cent of elected Jubilee legislators both in the Senate and the National Assembly, he should know that he is hallucinating. That figure is an estimate that the Deputy President just wants to believe that it reflects his support in Parliament but in reality, it is far away from the truth,” Wambugu told a local daily.
Wambugu goes ahead to note that the Deputy President does not have the platform to control legislators either at the Senate or the National Assembly.
“Ruto is not a party leader or a parliamentary leader. We know who the party leader of the ruling Jubilee is. We also know who the leaders of the other parties represented in Parliament are. We also know who the majority leaders and minority leaders in Parliament are. Ruto is none of them. So to say that he controls that percentage of MPs in Parliament basing it on the number of MPs who have protested against changes in Jubilee officials would be misleading,” the MP was quoted by the local daily.
The lawmaker further notes that Ruto should use the influence he has to help Kenya and Kenyans by playing a critical role in helping the country through COVID-19 pandemic.
“Whatever influence Ruto has, he should use it to help Kenyans and Kenya. He should play a critical role in helping the country through the Covid-19 pandemic. This obsession the Deputy President has with leading Kenya in 2022 should be put on hold because there are currently more pressing issues that leaders need to look into,” he said.
“All his energies should be directed to the fight against the pandemic and not the 2022 succession politics. Ruto should do whatever he can to ensure that there is a Kenya and Kenyans to lead come 2022,” he added.
