Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday held a huge rally at Eldoret Sports club in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu.
Thousands of area residents turned up for the rally where they welcomed the DP and his allies for the function.
The event was organized by area leaders to bless the DP and allow him to criss-cross the country and hunt for votes.
President Uhuru Kenyatta's Chief Administrative Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ababu Namwamba attended the rally.
The CAS drummed up support for the DP and declared that he is fully behind the hustler nation.
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The former Budalangi MP assured residents of Uasin Gishu that the Western Region will back the DP's guests even as he dismissed a section of leaders from the region who said he will not get any votes in the August polls.
"There are few brokers who are saying that the DP will not get any votes in the Western region. I want to tell them that they will be shocked. Western region "hatupangwingiwi". We will vote in the DP massively," he said.
Ababu who also supported the DP and President Uhuru Kenyatta in the 2017 polls, said he is in the hustler nation because of the vision the DP has for the country.
He lauded the bottom-up economic model saying it will address the needs of Kenyans.
"I am here because I also believe that a son of nobody can grow and become somebody. The hustler nation is after enabling the ordinary citizens to rise and become somebody," he added.
The CAS, who is yet to resign, is likely to resign by February 9 as required by law so that he can focus on his political ambitions.
The DP's rally was a huge one given that thousands of residents gathered to receive the DP and his allies.
Leaders present castigated the ODM leader Raila Odinga, who is being deemed as DP Ruto's formidable candidate, saying he is not fit to lead.
Some of the leaders who attended include Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro, Aden Duale (Garissa Town), Kimani Ichung'wa (Kikuyu), Susan Kihika (Nakuru County MP), MP Sylvanus Osoro (South Mugirango), Didmus Barasa (Kimilili), Benjamin Washiali (Mumias East), John Walukhe (Sirisia), Victor Muyaka (Machakos Town), Peris Tobiko (Kajiado East), Faith Wairimu Gitau (Nyandarua Woman Rep), Owen Baya (Kilifi North) Gathoni Wamuchomba (Kiambu Woman Rep) David Sankok (Nominated) and several other MPs, local leaders and aspirants.
