Deputy President William Ruto, on Thursday, February 27,
shared a screenshot aimed at indirectly responding to former Prime Minister
Raila Odinga's remarks during an interview.
Raila, while speaking to Tony Gachoka on KTN Point Blank,
described the Deputy President as his political student, saying that he helped
him sharpen his tactics.
"Why should I fight Ruto? In fact, it is me who
recruited him to the change movement and helped him sharpen his political
tactics," said Raila.
The DP, through his Twitter handle, posted a screenshot
showing former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga's comment saying, "Students
can be brighter than their teacher. As a teacher of law I know that for a
fact."
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On the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) matter, Raila
warned Ruto to stop dreaming about stopping the 'BBI Reggae' and described
those opposing the BBI as disgruntled members.
"The BBI train has already left the station and is
unstoppable. Those making noise are a few disgruntled members. They are
opposing just for the sake of it because we have not even formulated the
referendum question."
"Ruto is just one person among 47 million Kenyans. He
initially said he would support BBI then started blowing hot ad cold, but has
now said he will stop reggae. I wish him all the best," said Raila.
On Sunday, while attending a church service at the Full
Gospel Gatunduri Church in Embu, William Ruto said that the BBI would be
stopped if it will divide Kenyans.
"This story we're being told about nobody can stop
reggae, if the reggae is what we're seeing — the ethnicity that is being
preached in BBI rallies, the ethnic profiling of communities, hate and the
campaign pitting one community against another, if that is the reggae they're
talking about, my friends, reggae will stop."
He added that the BBI rally take took place in Narok was meant to spread hate and fear among Kenyans.