Why Ruto is different from all previous DPs

Deputy President William Ruto addresses religious leaders at his Sugoi home, Eldoret, Uasin Gishu on July 03, 2020. [DPPS, Standard]

I call on all ministers, assistant ministers and every other person to sing like parrots on the issues I have mentioned. During Mzee Kenyatta’s rule, I persistently sang the Kenyatta tune until people said: ‘This fellow has nothing except to sing for Kenyatta’. I say, I didn’t have any ideas of my own. Why was I to have my own ideas? I was in Kenyatta’s shoes and therefore, I had to sing whatever Kenyatta wanted. If I had sung another song, do you think Kenyatta would have left me alone? Therefore, you ought to sing the song I sing. If I put a full stop, you should also put a full stop. – An excerpt from Moi’s speech on his return from Addis Ababa on September 13, 1994.