A brief profile of DP William Ruto: PHOTOS
Deputy President William Samoei Ruto, a father of six, cemented himself as a political heavyweight when he became the first holder of the Deputy President’s office in Kenya’s new constitutional dispensation. Below is a brief profile of Dr Ruto. BACKGROUND AND EDUCATION Ruto was born in 1966 at Sambut village, Uasin Gishu County to Daniel […]
Tuju answers Ruto over ‘opposition tweet’
Deputy President (DP) William Ruto’s rebuke of Jubilee Secretary General Raphael Tuju over his closeness to opposition leader Raila Odinga has touched off another row in the ruling party. In a tweet that was widely shared on social media platforms, DP Ruto questioned Tuju’s political fidelity following revelations that he was part of the former premier’s […]
DP Ruto “assassination”: CS Munya speaks again
Trade Cabinet secretary Peter Munya has termed claims that he was part of an alleged plot by senior government officials to assassinate Deputy President William Ruto as cheap propaganda. Speaking during the burial of Mzee Johnson Kilingo at Ncuii in Tigania on Saturday, Munya asked the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Judiciary to hasten the […]
Why ODM plot to oust DP Ruto allies from House committees flops
The ongoing Jubilee Party wars went a notch higher at the weekend after a section of Opposition MPs attempted to change the leadership of crucial House committees. The plot by Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) legislators is widely seen as an attempt to weaken Deputy President William Ruto by removing close allies from key parliamentary committees. […]
Itumbi arrest: Spotlight now turns on Ruto
Investigations into assassination claims against Deputy President William Ruto took a dramatic turn yesterday when one of his close aides was arrested in connection with a fake letter at the centre of the raging controversy. Detectives descended on Dennis Itumbi, a communications director based at Ruto’s Harambee Annex office, on the city streets and drove […]
FBI shares probe report on Ruto ‘death plot’ letter
By Kinyuru Munuhe All focus will be on Harambee House Annex today as detectives seek to unlock the puzzle over a letter at the centre of assassination claims by Deputy President William Ruto. Yesterday, People Daily established that the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) shared its report on the possible authors of the letter with the […]
Why Interior PS Kibicho has reported DP Ruto to police
Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho, whose name has featured prominently in the alleged plot to assassinate Deputy President William Ruto, has lodged a complaint with the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), citing harassment by the country’s second most powerful politician. The PS made the complaint on a day that detectives investigating the assassination claims raided […]