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Ruto charts own path after fallout inside Jubilee Party

Deputy President William Ruto and Jubilee Secretary General Raphael Tuju at the party headquarters in Nairobi. [Stafford Ondego/Standard]

Boxed into a corner in Jubilee Party, Deputy President William Ruto has adopted a series of moves that indicates he is willing to severe ties and build his new political base.

Ruto has been increasingly moving out of the Jubilee orbit and on Thursday, he announced his meeting with an independent candidate for the Msambweni Constituency by-election, despite his party declaring that it would not field a contestant for the seat.

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