Deputy President William Ruto faces rising rivalry in the Rift Valley

Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto (left) and his Kericho counterpart Prof Paul Chepkwony, Baringo Senator Gideon Moi and his Narok counterpart Stephen Ole Ntutu, after a meeting they held at Mara Safari Club in Maasai Mara in Narok recently. [PHOTO: GILBERT KIMUTAI/STANDARD]

ELDORET: When Deputy President (DP) William Ruto addressed mourners at a funeral in Uasin Gishu County last weekend, he was visibly angry and emotional.

And this character has lately defined the DP in his public and political addresses in the Rift Valley where he is facing growing political rivalry from Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto and Kanu Chairman Gideon Moi.