Why Speaker Justin Muturi dumped President Uhuru Kenyatta for DP William Ruto

President Uhuru Kenyatta consoles National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi in Embu County as Deputy President William Ruto looks on. [DPPS]

For over 20 years, National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi was one of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s closest political confidants until last week when he joined Deputy President William Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza Alliance.

Speaker Muturi stuck with President Kenyatta in the most difficult times, especially after the 2002 presidential elections when the then ruling party KANU was banished into the opposition.