The Deputy President William Ruto has dismissed claims that President Uhuru Kenyatta snubbed him at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on his arrival from Zambia as ‘fake news’.
The DP said the claims were being spread by his political distractors and he could accept to be drawn into it.
“Fake news alert!. I was nowhere near JKIA. I am not surprised that some media houses and their owners are this desperate. Tuwasamehe tu!” Ruto posted on his Twitter handle.
It was reported that the President flew back to Nairobi on Saturday at about 6pm and used the ordinary passenger arrivals terminal to exit the airport, leaving the DP who was waiting to receive him at the Presidential Pavilion stranded.
Exit route
According to sources familiar with the turn of events, it was not immediately clear what had prompted the Head of State to change his exit route and use the passenger terminal.
“The DP arrived a bit late at the airport hence the confusion. There was nothing sinister,” said a senior State official who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue.
Apparently oblivious of what was going on at the airside, Ruto is said to have waited at the pavilion only to be informed that his boss had already landed and was within the airport’s precincts.
