You should have resigned if you did not want to help, Uhuru tells Ruto

President Uhuru Kenyatta greets Deputy President William Ruto during the public viewing of the body of former President Mwai Kibaki at Parliament buildings. [Standard]

The war of words between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto escalated yesterday with the Head of State telling his Number Two that he should have resigned from the government.

During Labour Day celebrations, a visibly angry president accused Ruto of abdicating his duty and instead of spending time inciting people against him and pointing at failures in the government he is part of.

“Badala ya kunisaidia kuona wananchi watasaidiki vipi, yuko kule sokoni na matusi na unajiita kiongozi, si uondoke nitafute mwingine! (Instead of helping me solve problems afflicting the people, you are in the marketplace spreading propaganda and inciting people against me and you call yourself a leader, you can leave so that I get someone to help me),” he said at Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi.