Monday, February 6, 2023 –Professor Makau Mutua has now faulted former President Uhuru Kenyatta for trying to sideline his former deputy, William Ruto.
In an interview with Spice FM on Monday February 6 morning, the lawyer said Uhuru’s strategy to fight William Ruto lacked speed and plan hence ended up making Ruto much stronger than any other candidate Uhuru would choose to support.
He said Ruto was smarter deputy president who behaved like a man under threat but, in the real sense, had run away with a big chunk of Uhuru Kenyatta’s government.
“The big question was who went away with the largest chunk of the state,” the Harvard-taught scholar posed.
He added that Ruto’s demeanor and confidence in attacking Uhuru during the last campaigns clearly proved that he had enough government support somewhere.
“Not only did Ruto get away with the largest chunk of the state, but he was also able to retain the most lethal part,” Makau revealed how Ruto wielded enough power.
He went further to explain that Uhuru had cleverly been rendered clueless throughout that period by persons who were destined to betray his course in the Handshake arrangement.
In his final remarks, the former Spokesperson of the Raila Odinga 2022 presidential campaign team-cum-head of its think tank felt that Raila was set to fail from the beginning.
“Raila lost the presidency because even though Uhuru supported him, Ruto had control of the system,” he remarked.
In the final election, Raila would eventually lose election to United Democratic Alliance candidate.
