"We Have Been Through A lot " DP Ruto Associates His Halted Trip With "Handshake"
On Wednesday, August 4, Deputy President William Ruto associated his halted trip to Uganda with the "challenges he has been going through since the Handshake on March 9, 2018".
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speaking in an Interview at Inooro Fm, Doctor William Ruto said the incident at Wilson on Monday was a continuation of the challenges he has been facing in the Jubilee administration since March 9, 2018, political truce between President Kenyatta and the Opposition Leader Raila Odinga.
"What transpired at Wilson on Monday is just a continuation of what has been going on for the last four years. We have been through a lot of challenges," said Dr. Ruto.
"Many MPs have been purged from committees and some leaders axed from their leadership positions. I have been pushed to the periphery in the government," he added.
According To the Deputy President, the incident was only to humiliate him and show that He no longer have power in the Government, That the "handshake team" is more powerful.
"For a period of four years, people have tried to push me harder. Some have said I am competing with the President and that I have disrespected my boss and I have ignored all. Even blocking me from flying was meant to see if I will engage in word war with them," he said.
The UDA leader said this following the blocking of his trip to Uganda on Monday, August 2.
Ruto's office protested to the halt as a sudden change of rules that have governed his trips since he became the second-in-command in 2013.
Ruto, however, disclosed that the agenda of the private mission in Kampala went on without his presence.
"Blocking me from going to engage in a private mission is not important. I canceled the trip and I am going on with my life. What was to take place in Uganda, went on without my presence and things are progressing," Dr. Ruto said
