Days after signing a working pact with Deputy President William Ruto's Kenya Kwanza Alliance, Machakos Governor Dr. Alfred Mutua has come out to speak on the powerful position his Maendeleo Chap Chap party was promised.
While heaping praises on Ruto, Mutua described him as a focused and pleasant man he has known since the time the two were working for late president Mwai Kibaki's government.
Mutua, who was speaking to a local publication on Saturday, said Ruto had promised him the post of a Deputy Chief Minister and also allocated his MCC Party a cabinet slot in the ministry of Infrastructure.
"I have known Dr. Ruto from the time of Kibaki's government. I have always found him to be a focussed man, forthright, brilliant, super active and overall a wonderful and pleasant man...he offered me the Deputy Chief Minister position with a ministerial portfolio in Infrastructure Development," stated Mutua.
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This means that if Kenya Kwanza forms government, Mutua will be ANC Party Leader Musalia Mudavadi's Deputy. Musalia has been promised the post of a Chief Cabinet Minister should Ruto wins the presidency.
The praise comes amid past intense criticism of William Ruto by Mutua. While announcing the pact recently, Mutua said he would now be closer to the DP and that his past criticism was only meant to keep Ruto focussed and on the right path.
This comes amid concerns by one of Mt Kenya's kingpins and former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo over the power-sharing deal inside the Kenya Kwanza camp.
Kabogo threatened to leave the alliance if Ruto and his team are not going to reveal the plans they have for the people of the Mt Kenya region and how they will benefit from his government.
Kabogo's threats, however, seemed to have been neutralized on Saturday, when he was called to Karen and were holed up in a long day meeting with Ruto and others trying to settle on a suitable running mate from the region.
