Raila: Ruto is my student, can’t stop BBI

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga speaks exclusively during an interview with Tony Gachoka for Point Blank at Serana Hotel, Nairobi. [Edward Kiplimo/Standard]

ODM leader Raila Odinga has described Deputy President William Ruto as his political student and of no muscle to stop the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) process.

Raila recalled how he recruited Ruto to the ‘change movement’ and how Ruto – who has turned out to be his main political opponent in the 2022 succession battle – borrowed heavily from his (Raila’s) political manoeuvres.