Ruto's absence from Uhuru's recent events exposes his icy relations with the President

President Uhuru Kenyatta, Deputy President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga lead the nation in prayer against the coronavirus pandemic at State House, Nairobi.

The ‘stopping of reggae’ aside, coronavirus menace is eating into the last of what is left of the political bromance between Deputy President William Ruto and President Uhuru Kenyatta.

By the time it landed last week, the political air was afoul, and the relationship between the country’s top politicians was tumbling fast. Ruto had just accused Kenyatta administration insiders, aptly called the system, of planning ills against him.