Everything I Do Has President Uhuru's Blessings, DP William Ruto Says

Deputy President William Ruto has maintained that his relationship with President Uhuru Kenyatta is intact and dismissed claims of divisions within Jubilee party.

Speaking in Murang'a, the Deputy President said Jubilee remains united under the leadership of President Kenyatta. There were claims that the current eviction of encroachers from the Mau forest had split the ruling party right in the middle.

Ruto further said that his trips across the country, which have been criticized by members of the opposition led by ODM  eader Raila Odinga, have President Uhuru's blessings.

 "When you see us here, we are one team as Jubilee and let me tell you, we plan all these government projects. You know I am Uhuru's right hand man. Uhuru permits me to do everything I do since we are all under him as our leader," Ruto stated.

Ruto warned politicians against making statements that might jeopardize the peace and unity the country is enjoying following the handshake between President Uhuru and Odinga.

“How we move forward will be out of our commitment to making our country economically stable. That is guided by the Big Four Agenda. We will be judged not by how much politics we play but how much delivery we presided over to serve Kenyans," he said.

"Let us amplify the tenets that make us strong, respect for diversity, tolerance, inclusion, reconciliation, harmony and unity, and mute those that set us apart: tribalism, suspicion, exclusion, hatred, discord and division. This will allow consolidation of a prosperous country," he added.