President-elect William Ruto has finally broken his silence over President Uhuru Kenyatta's failure to congratulate him after the Supreme Court upheld his win on Monday, September 5.
In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday, September 7, Ruto said that maybe President Kenyatta was disappointed that his candidate Raila Odinga lost in the election.
"Unfortunately, President Uhuru Kenyatta has not seen it fit to congratulate me but I think that's fine. Maybe he is disillusioned or a bit unhappy that I defeated his candidate but that is the nature of politics," Ruto stated.
The President-elect mentioned that he would now focus on uniting the country and serving all Kenyans equally.
"The administration that I'm going to run is going to be an administration that is going to serve all Kenyans equally, whether they voted for us or they did not," he affirmed.
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President Kenyatta on Monday committed to ensuring a smooth transition of power during his recording speech at State House. This was after the Supreme court unanimously upheld Ruto's win.
Surprisingly, Kenyatta congratulated all elected leaders but failed to mention Ruto in his speech or congratulate him for his win.
"Today the Supreme Court made a ruling on the presidential dispute upholding the results announced by IEBC and in Keeping to the pledge that I made to uphold the rule of law, I commit to executing the orders of this court to the letter.
"It's my intention to oversee a smooth transition to the next administration and all the necessary orders to facilitate this process have already been issued," the Head of State stated.
On Thursday, September during an Azimio meeting, Kenyatta said," I will hand over power smiling because it is my Constitutional duty to do so but my leader is Raila Odinga."
