Deputy President William Ruto addresses the media when he stormed the party headquarters in Nairobi on September 23, 2020, to push to have a candidate for Msambweni by-election which was occasioned by the death of MP Suleiman Dori. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]
Deputy President William Ruto’s plan for a political face-off with ODM leader Raila Odinga in the Msambweni by-election — through a Jubilee candidate — was dramatically shattered in a 30-minute phone call.
The Standard has learnt of the intrigues at the Jubilee Party headquarters moments after Ruto stormed the offices in protest over a decision by the ruling party not to field a candidate in the December 15 mini-poll.
Ruto had arrived at the offices barely an hour after party Secretary General Raphael Tuju made the announcement, citing the ‘handshake’ between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga. It has since emerged that Tuju placed a phone call to Uhuru, where the DP was reportedly cornered and told to stand with the party position.
Ruto then emerged from the meeting to announce he would stand by the party’s decision.
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