With the 2022 presidential elections on the horizon, a scheme by President Uhuru Kenyatta inner circle to kick DP William Ruto out of government is gaining traction.
The plot as revealed by allies of the Deputy President involves the assigning of his roles to Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi.
On Saturday, Ruto accused what he called as political conmen of plotting to ouster him, despite the fact that he worked hard to make Uhuru the president in 2013 and 2017.
“There are people plotting to push me out of the government. When we formed this government, President Kenyatta was with me or with the political conmen that are with him?” Ruto posed on Saturday.
And speaking to the star on Sunday,Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua shed more light on the plan to create a powerful office in the office of the President in a bid to render Ruto irrelevant in government.
The Tanga Tanga Mp accused Uhuru’s advisors of blatant disregard to the rule of law by the government on many other issues as testimony that “anything was possible in the Uhuru administration” going forward.
“We live in this country and have seen what is going on and therefore we know anything is possible including creating offices that are not provided for in the Constitution,” Gachagua said.
Gachagua said the DP has already been relegated to the periphery claiming he is not invited to cabinet meetings and his roles purportedly reassigned to Interior CS Fred Matiang’i.
“Ruto has already been isolated and rendered jobless, basically he has no role at all at the moment and despite all that there is nothing they can do to kick him out because he is not an appointee of anyone,” he said.
Gachagua continued: “They can deny him roles but the can’t remove him from office because impeaching him is not possible, they will have to tolerate him for the time being.”
Last week, Ruto was not invited for a meeting at state house bringing together senior government officials and chaired by President Kenyatta.
However, Ruto allies insist that that the DP will not resign from government until his term expires in August 2022.
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