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Raila used me for 10 years but Ruto made me boss in months, says Sports CS Echesa

Youths, Sports and Tourism CS Rashid Echesa (left) and National Museum Director Mzalendo Kibunjia when they visited Kit Mikayi shrines in Seme, Kisumu County on October 2, 2018. [Kevine Omollo, Standard]

Ruto ally and Sports CS Rashid Echesa has promised a bruising battle for the Nyanza vote against NASA leader Raila Odinga in 2022.

Echesa who served as ODM Youth League leader before switching sides to join Ruto, disclosed that his ditching of ‘Baba’s’ party was informed by, among other things, failure to achieve his dreams.

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