By Collins Osanya
Orange Democratic Party leader Raila Odinga has once again asked Deputy President William Ruto to quit his job if he feels sidelined in the government he helped establish.
In an October 8 interview with KTN News, the former premier accused Ruto of scuttling President Uhuru Kenyatta’s efforts of uniting the country through the handshake and the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) which the DP is against.
According to Raila, Ruto was involved in the entire handshake process and instead of deputising his boss- President Uhuru, the DP absconded duty and instead chose to hit the campaign trail even after a warning from his boss.
“If I felt frustrated and side-lined, I would take a walk. Jaramogi was a vice-president and when he found it untenable to stay in government, he stepped aside,” Raila reasoned even though he declined to give the date when contents of the BBI report would be made public.
On the other hand, Ruto has publicly stated that the hustler movement is unstoppable and that he will not quit government. However, the DP hinted at decamping from the Jubilee party sighting frustration from President Kenyatta’s alies whom he accuses of hijacking the Parklands based political party.
The DP was also accused by Raila of misleading young Kenyans through his donation of wheelbarrows to youth groups across the country. “You are not a hustler. We know the real hustlers, “the ODM leader stated.
“You are giving youths wheelbarrows without showing them where to build. These young men live in slums. What will they do with wheelbarrows in a slum?” Raila who was speaking during an ODM Women League Conference in posed.
