DP Ruto and the evangelicals: A look at UDA's strategy to bag church vote

Deputy President William Ruto at the African Church of the Holy Spirit in Malava, Kakamega, on September 18, 2021. [File, Standard]

The UDA presidential candidate William Ruto, and his running mate Rigathi Gachagua expect to reap maximum votes from church adherents who they have been courting.

From signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Pentecostal and Evangelical churches alliance, to promising a Cabinet docket for church affairs, Dr Ruto has always presented himself as an ardent, philanthropic and strict Christian.