Deputy President William Ruto has said that he did not have a deal with President Uhuru Kenyatta that he would support him for the presidency in the 2022 general election.
In an interview with the BBC on Thursday, the DP said that he chose to support the President because he believed that he deserved the opportunity.
Ruto added that it was President Kenyatta who made a commitment to himself and Kenyans that he would support him but not make a deal with him.
“To be fair to President Uhuru Kenyatta, we did not have a deal. I decided to support Uhuru Kenyatta on the basis of my belief that he deserved an opportunity. It is him who made a commitment to himself and to the people of Kenya that he would support me,” Ruto stated.
However, the Kenya Kwanza presidential aspirant said that whether the President supported him or not, it did not matter as he had a plan to change the destiny of the country.
In a meeting at Sagana State Lodge in Nyeri on February 23, President Kenyatta endorsed Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga for the presidency.
The Head of State urged his community to support the former Prime Minister for the top seat saying that he meant well for the country.
The DP has, however, been recently hitting at the President, asking him to leave the Azimio presidential candidate alone so that he can face him in the August polls.
