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Deputy President William Ruto during the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative report.[PSCU]
The approval of the referendum bill by lawmakers allied to Deputy President William Ruto has brought to the fore the reality of politics as a competition for allocation and retention of resources.
By voting in support of the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill 2020 – after opposing the document for more than a year – a section of Ruto-supporting MPs and Senators gave the strongest indication that they can easily switch camps ahead of the 2022 elections based on personal and regional interests.
Some key DP allies in Coast, North Eastern, Mt Kenya, Western and Kisii voted in support of the Bill, a rude awakening likely to send the DP back to the drawing board to identify dependable foot soldiers ahead of the succession battle.
First time Ainabkoi MP, William Chepkut opens up to
The Nairobian about politics and being PA to reclusive power man, the late, Nicholas Biwott.
How did you meet Kanu era powerful minister, Nicholas Biwott?
While a student at Kenya Polytechnic in 1991, I approached Biwott, then the Energy minister, to help me clear my fees because I believed he would help me complete my education. He did, in full, a week later.
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And how did you end up as his personal assistant?
When I went to seek for financial assistance, he told me to wait because he was travelling out of the country. But he didn’t say when he would be back, only that I should wait for him at DT Dobie along Koinange Street, Nairobi. Without any telephone, there was no way I could reach him so I religiously visited the shop every morning till evening for a week.