NAIROBI
Kenya
Kenya's ruling party (Jubilee) vice chairman David
Murathe(pictured right) has denied that he has a personal issue with Deputy President William
Ruto.
The former Gatanga MP, however, said
that the DP has been 'tested under probation' and it was established that he is
not the right choice to take over from President Uhuru Kenyatta.
According to Murathe, President Uhuru
will ensure that the country will be put under safe hands after he completes
his term in 2022.
“He (Ruto) has been on probation, he has
been tested and during that time they were trying to see if he would take over,
but look the jury is out there,” Murathe said during an interview with Citizen
TV on Tuesday night.
He went on, “When you are the president,
you have an obligation to look around and determine who is the right person to
take over from you......when you leave the country in the wrong hands people
will blame you.”
Murathe said that like what former
President Daniel Arap Moi did in 2002 when he bypassed his then Vice President
George Saitoti, Uhuru will be careful about his successor.
"I have no problem with Ruto's
candidature. But I don't think he is the right person to succeed President
Uhuru given the way he has behaved as deputy President,” he said.
Murathe said the DP has been haunted by
several graft allegations, and this does not give him the necessary credentials
to inherit the presidency.
“Look at the scandals, the Weston Hotel
land, the Ruai public land....when all these things follow you and you
shamelessly walk around while you are number two, what will you do when you
become number one?” Murathe said.
His statement came even as he was linked
to a man at the centre of the Kemsa tender scandal.
Murathe acknowledged knowing the man - William Gachoka - linked to Kilig Ltd, which was
allegedly awarded a tender to supply Kemsa with 450,000 personal protective kits.
However, he said, "I have absolutely nothing to do with Kilig..."
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