Editor's Review

Mutua has been sending signals that he could be on his way to deputy president William Ruto's camp.

After months of disparaging deputy president William Ruto and calling him all sorts of names, Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua is seemingly warming up to embracing the DP.

This was evident on Thursday morning in an interview with Citizen TV where he appeared to shake off his perennial attacks at the DP and instead chose to speak well of him.

According to the Machakos governor, the DP is a smart politician and that is why many people have a problem with him.

He argued that the DP's wit and hard-working nature rattle many adding the second in command has been able to hustle his way to the top.

"The problem that many people have with William Ruto - and truth be told, William Ruto, ukweli usemwe, is a brilliant man, like him or not: He is smart; he is hard-working; he is self-made; he knows how to push and get his way; he is very hardworking, he is a nice guy," Mutua said.

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{Deputy President William Ruto and Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua. IMAGE:COURTESY}

This came even as the Governor showed signs of quitting the Azimio La Umoja faction over what he termed ios lack of inclusivity among party members in the making of key decisions.

The Governor led key officials of 8 parties that met on Wednesday in airing out their frustrations in the Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Alliance.

In the same TV interview, Mutua revealed that he had an option of joining the Kenya Kwanza alliance and even said he had missed a call from the DP in the morning.

"We still have time. There is the option of joining Kenya Kwanza. I saw a missed call this morning from DP Ruto. His people have been calling me for weeks. It is not that we are lost for options. What we want is to be treated with respect because we are doing this for Raila Odinga. We will not agree to be tricked," Mutua said. 

The entry of Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka to the Azimio la Umoja seemed to have caused jitters among a section of leaders including Mutua who appears not to see eye to eye with the Wiper leader.

The two leaders have e been wrestling for the control of the Ukambani region that has for years been gravitating towards Kalonzo's side.