Deputy President William Ruto should learn from David Cameron and resign

Barely hours after the British public rejected his personal entreaties and voted to leave the European Union (EU), David Cameron consulted Queen Elizabeth Friday morning and resigned as prime minister. 

"The will of the British people is an instruction that must be delivered," the Prime minister said, his voice breaking with emotion, and his wife, Samantha, standing beside him in Downing Street on Friday morning.

As Brexit gave birth to Camexit, the world is once again reminded about the impeccable moral authority and decorum that is needed in a political office. It simply means that, once you oppose a certain political endeavor, you will ideally have no moral authority or a locus standi to sufficiently serve under or on the same bestowment of authority.

When William Ruto's camp got a beating in the 2010 Referendum to endorse Kenya's Supreme Law, it superlatively meant that he should not serve under the same constitution as it were – in any circumstance.

The world is looking for leaders who will stand by and with ideologies in which they have irresistible and unmoved faith. These ideologies will drive political agenda, not at the expense of the nation, but to demystify any perception of narrowed interests. As it stands, morally, William Ruto has no moral authority to serve under a constitution that he fought against. 

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