President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua are among the attendees at the Akorino National Thanksgiving Prayer Conference in Nakuru County.
The conference is held to unite Akorino believers from various parts of the country.
Various leaders drawn from Nakuru and other parts of the country joined the two leaders.
The latest union which comes amid a speculated rift between the two leaders, marks the first time Ruto and Gachagua have accompanied each other for a church service in a month.
The reported fallout between Gachagua and his boss has taken centre stage in the country’s politics, creating debate among analysts and members of the opposition.
In response to this, Gachagua came out to downplay the reports stating that he was still on good terms with his boss.
“The President and I are doing a good job. We love each other. He has given me a lot of work, sometimes I am overwhelmed. He has enabled me to do my work. Our government is firm. President William Ruto is a trustworthy leader, a patriotic leader and a leader who unites the people. He is not tribal and he protects his people,” Gachagua said.
The supposed rift emerged after Gachagua’s sustained push for the “one man, one vote, one shilling” revenue-sharing formula, which Ruto has opposed in the past.
The DP defended his statement saying he was only bringing people from his community affiliated with other parties to UDA.
“I am not very clever but I am not stupid. I know a lot of issues that most people don’t know. I made a decision as the senior most leader in Mt Kenya to unite everyone irrespective of where they voted. I am here again proposing the one man one shilling one vote. Anybody who opposes it from our region is just a traitor. Even during the time when we were fighting colonisation, these traitors still existed,” Gachagua said.
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