William Ruto Holds 3-Day Meeting with Mt Kenya MPs, Presents His Economic Roadmap Tuko 4 hrs ago Racheal Nyaguthie
Deputy President William Ruto has held a three-day meeting with tens of leaders from the vast Mt Kenya region as the battle to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2022 intensifies.
In what seemed like a charm offensive to gain the support of the vote-rich region, the DP met 60 Mt Kenya leaders from both the National Assembly and the Senate in a meeting that will end on Sunday, May 2.
A report by Citizen TV indicated Ruto also presented his economic roadmap which revolves around the bottom-up economic approach which he has been advocating for under his hustler movement.
David Ndii s Meeting With Ruto Causes Jitters in Uhuru s Camp
Economist David Ndii (left) and Deputy President William Ruto (right)
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A meeting between Deputy President William Ruto, economist David Ndii and a section of Mt Kenya politicians has sparked protest from President Uhuru Kenyatta s camp.
Ruto, Ndii and the politicians allied to Ruto went for a three-day retreat at the Maasai Mara game reserve to discuss economic issues affecting Kenya and the 2022 succession politics.
David Ndii is expected to present a detailed analysis of how the country s economic recovery plan can be effected. Ndii has been a huge critic of President Uhuru Kenyatta s handling of the Covid-19 crisis.
Details of Raila s Meeting with Mt. Kenya Elders at Karen Home
ODM leader Raila Odinga meets Mt Kenya elders at his Karen home in Nairobi
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ODM leader Raila Odinga on Friday, April 30, met with Mt.Kenya elders at his Karen home in Nairobi County.
In a statement, Odinga said that he and members of the Kikuyu Council of Elders led by their Chair Wachira Kiago, discussed how they would work together in future.
A conversation about moving our Country forward not on the patchy path of tribal lines that have and continue to occasion annihilation, Raila stated.
Mt Kenya elders visit ODM leader Raila Odinga at his Karen home in Nairobi on Friday, April 30
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December 19th 2020 at 14:24:18 GMT +0300
ODM leader Raila Odinga at his Opoda home where he hosted Murang’a elders.
Members of the Council of Eminent Persons in Muran ga are currently meeting the ODM leader Raila Odinga at his home in Opoda farm, Bondo.
Raila Odinga, Oburu Oginga and James Orengo hosted the delegation led by SK Macharia, council chairman Joe Kibe, secretary Dr Nyamu Njoka and bishop Gideon Mithiga.
The elders, led by chairman Kibe, on Saturday said they have come to pay a special visit to the former Prime Minister. As elders, there s a special ceremony that we usually perform to a fellow elder especially when he/she is recuperating from sickness, said Kibe.