According
to Nyeri Town Member of Parliament Hon Ngunjiri Wambugu, William Ruto has been
complaining a lot of late. He says he is being undermined by some within the
same state while he is the Deputy President (Elected!). He suggests these
people are even killing his security guards. He dares them to face him
directly. Etc.
But let’s
get something straight. There’s William Ruto, the Deputy President, and then
there’s William Ruto, a 2022 Presidential candidate.
William
Ruto has never complained of lack of state support in his role as Deputy
President. He has everything he needs to be Deputy President of Kenya. He has
100% government support in that role. He is secure and under no threat in this
particular position.
What is not
secure is William Ruto as the 2022 Presidential Candidate. He doesn’t have
state support for this role. This is in order because the current state has a
President and cannot support someone else who wants to be President; at least
not now when there is no election for President underway. They are, therefore,
under no obligation to support William Ruto, the 2022 presidential candidate.
We must,
therefore, learn to tell the difference between these two roles. So that we can
understand which William Ruto is talking to us; Deputy President or 2022
Presidential Candidate.
E.g.; When
he attacks the government, says they are undermining him, threatening his
political allies; that’s the 2022 Presidential candidate. Not the Deputy
President.
When he says
they killed his security officer and might kill him, that’s the 2022
Presidential Candidate, not the Deputy President. When he fights the Handshake,
& the BBI; that’s the 2022 Presidential candidate who is unhappy that this
process is empowering his possible competitors. Not the Deputy President.
So when you
hear him say ‘I Am the Deputy President of a Kenya; Elected!’ And then complain
that he is being frustrated by the government - ask him whether what the
frustration is related to his role as The Deputy President, or as A 2022
Presidential Candidate.