President Ruto Says His Reception in Nyanza Was a Miracle

President William Ruto has marvelled at the reception accorded to him during his latest working tour of Bungoma.

Speaking in a Bungoma church on Sunday, September 1, the president seemed convinced that the country had made a step toward healing from inciteful political rhetorics that saw conflicts and hate being advanced by leaders and communities against each other. 

The president called on the Kenyan church to continue praying for the country to sustain the progress toward a peaceful nation.

Drawing an instance from his Nyanza tour, the president suggested he could not be welcomed to the region months back due to the deep-rooted political animosity fanned by the leaders.

But with the warm and kingly reception he recently got, he called it a miracle.

"I have just come from a trip to Nyanza, and it is amazing what God can do. You know, it is almost a miracle that the people who were on extreme sides a few months ago, today, we are speaking as though we are very long-time brothers and sisters and friends, and that is the beauty of our country. That when circumstances demand, we close ranks as a people and forge alliances, build bridges as Kenyans, and we work together for the greater good of our nation," said Ruto. 

The president said the train of uniting the country had left the station and that no leader advancing sectarian, regional, and tribal politics would be condoned.

Previously, Ruto had been meted with hostility whenever he visited the Nyanza region, the backyard of his long-time political adversary Raila Odinga.

In 2021, at the height of the pre-2022 election campaigns, Ruto and his motorcade was stoned in Kondele area where he had gone to advance his election agenda.

His new camaraderie with Raila saw the entry of some ranking ODM members joining the National Executive.

Ruto called the approach 'broad-based government', saying it would cure the divisions experienced after every electoral cycle.

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