Written By John Mutiso 📝
As part of his presidential campaign, Deputy President William Ruto is due to invade President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Kiambu backyard on Friday.
Ruto will be leading Kenya Kwanza alliance rallies at the heart of President Kenyatta’s family home just days after the head of state unveils the Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate on March 12.
Ruto’s visit comes just days after he was endorsed as the UDA’s presidential contender by the party’s delegates on Tuesday, setting the stage for a huge showdown with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
The DP has made recent trips to Kiambu county but this will be the first time in three years that Ruto will return to Gatundu South.
Ruto who will be hosted by MP Moses Kuria (Gatundu South) and former Gatundu North MP Kigo Njenga is expected to make his first stop in Ngenda Ward, where Uhuru casts his vote.
After that, he’ll visit Kimunyu, Mutomo, Kiamwangi, Mundoro, and Kiamwangi.
“We will have five stops in Gatundu South. The last time Ruto was in Gatundu South was three years ago,” Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichungwa told the media.
He is also expected to visit Gatukuyu, Kairi, Gituamba, Kanyoni, Gakoe and Kamwangi villages in Gatundu North.
Two rally stops that are likely to spark interest is one at the president’s Ichaweri village and another at a Mutomo Village where the First Family is entangled in a land dispute with locals.
Kenyans will also be watching to see how the Kenya Kwanza Alliance of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), the African National Congress (ANC) and Ford Kenya will engage the residents without the support of the region’s most powerful leader, President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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