UHURU FINALLY PICKS HIS SUCCESSOR. (VIDEO)

With reports coming from Tuesday’s Star Newspaper, President Uhuru Kenyatta has settled on Raila and Mudavadi as his top favorites for for the 2022 general elections.

By doing this, he seems to have betrayed his deputy Dr. William Ruto who for a long time has been waiting for the support of President Uhuru Kenyatta in his bid to win the presidential seat.

That was according to their past agreements in 2013 and 2017 that after Uhuru’s terms, then Ruto will take over for another ten years as the head of state mainly through Uhuru’s massive support.

However, following the speech he made on Saturday at Mama Hannah’s funeral service, the mother to ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi, president declared his support for someone from a different tribe to rule the nation.

And that seems to have become his handshake partner Raila Odinga with Mudavadi being his deputy in the upcoming general Elections.

In his speech, the president said it was time for another community in Kenya to take on the presidency after the long dominance by Kikuyu and Kalenjin tribes.

However, going by their various social media posts moments after Uhuru’s utterances on Saturday, January 9, Tanga Tanga politicians rebuked the head of state for pulling out the tribe card ahead of the 2022 General Election.

Led by Elgeyo-Marakwet senator Kipchumba Murkomen, the Ruto allies said it was unfortunate for the head of state to reduce the 2022 race to a battle between tribes. “I supported President Kenyatta, not because of his tribe. In any case, the Constitution says “a person qualifies for nomination as a President.

” NOT “a TRIBE/FAMILY/RELIGION/RACE” quite unfortunate for the President to degenerate his fight with an individual to profile two communities,” Murkomen wrote on Twitter. Nakuru senator Susan Kihika echoed similar sentiments and said she did not vote for Uhuru because of his tribe but because she believed he was the qualified candidate. “The noble thing would have been for him to decline the presidency in 2013 coming after Kibaki and Kenyatta. By the way, I didn’t vote for him because of his tribe. I, unfortunately believed he was the best candidate then,” Kihika said. On his part, Senator Aaron Cheruiyot said Uhuru’s speech was unpresidential, especially owing to his role as the symbol for unity in the country.

Source: Kenya Today