Why President Ruto is blowing hot and cold over Mt Kenya tour

President William Ruto, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki during a consultative meeting with Central Kenya Governors Cecily Mbarire, Anne Waiguru, Kimani Wamatangi, Joshua Irungu, Muthomi Njuki, Irungu Kang’ata, Kiarie Badilisha and Isaac Mutuma, Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries at State house, Nairobi.[PCS]

President William Ruto’s visit to Mt Kenya region hangs in the balance following differences in opinions of members of his inner circle.

There are those who feel the visit coincides with the purge in the National Assembly and the Senate powerful committees that saw former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s allies removed from the powerful committees.

Some of the Ruto allies worry that the visit also coincides with the President’s solemnisation of a political marriage with ODM Leader Raila Odinga, who Ruto made the subject of hate during his campaigns, accusing him of misleading former President Uhuru Kenyatta.