Ruto’s brazen tweets light up political banter as critics read mischief

DP William Ruto. He has decided to take the US President Donald Trump style to engage supporters and counter alleged misinformation. [File, Standard]

With his political future muddled by the “handshake” between President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga, Deputy President William Ruto has now adopted a new battlefront in the cyberspace. 

Increasingly, his postings on social media are turning abrasive, a complete departure from his first Tweet, on July 2011 at 10:32am when he thundered on the social media platform oozing nothing but humility and restraint. “I am attending a leaders meeting of the entire cosmopolitan Isiolo at Kinaa Township,” the tweet read.