President Uhuru Kenyatta's speech during the Jamhuri Day celebrations became a subject of a heated debate among Kenyans.
Among those who weighed in on his remarks is Deputy President William Ruto's son, Nick Ruto.
The scion, who appeared seemingly agitated over the President's remarks on the BBI being a dream deferred, took to his Facebook page to discredit the statement.
He, however, deleted the post but Nairobi Leo had already accessed it.
Nick Ruto stated that the phrase "a deferred dream" was wrongly used by the President considering where it was first used.
"It is a distortion of history for President Muigai to call BBI "a dream deferred". That line comes from Langston Hughe's poem "Harlem" which asks 'what happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?'," Nick Ruto stated.
The scion further stated that the context of the phrase is when the American Dream was not accessible to the blacks who had been enslaved for decades.
He further told off the President from using the remarks on the BBI saying it is not applicable in that context.
"It was not about the dreams of autocrats which are not accomplished due to the resistance of the people, which is the case of BBI," he added.
The DP Ruto son at the same time faulted the media for not interrogating the remarks deeply so that they can enlighten the masses.
He says the misuse of the phrase is a trick used by those in power to oppress those who are disadvantaged and ensure that whatever they say becomes the final word for the poor masses.
