Deputy President William Ruto has rubbished as fake news reports that President Kenyatta snubbed him at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) over the weekend.
In an article, The Standard newspaper reported that Kenyatta avoided DP Ruto at the Nairobi airport on Saturday as he returned to the country from a trip to Zambia.
The publication said that Ruto was waiting to receive Kenyatta at the VIP section but the President opted to use the ordinary passengers’ terminal.
“The president, who arrived at JKIA at 4 pm on Saturday, discarded protocol and went straight to the international passenger terminals catching his deputy unawares. Ruto was accompanied by Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu,” The Standard reported.
It added: “Dr. Ruto, who was waiting at the Pavilion, immediately left for the city center, after he was informed that the president had already disembarked from the plane and was inside the airport in a series of events that officials tried to dismiss as a ‘small deviation from the usual protocol.”
In a tweet, DP Ruto hit out at The Standard over the claims, saying he was nowhere near JKIA on that day.
“FAKE NEWS ALERT!!! I was nowhere near JKIA. I am NOT surprised that some media houses & their owners are this desperate. Tuwasamehe tu!!” Ruto posted on his Twitter account.
The Standard reported that sources within the Presidency said that Kenyatta was unhappy with Ruto’s sentiments on Friday, where he criticized the ongoing war on corruption.
“The president, according to sources, was not keen to see with the Kiambu governor who was being looked for by the police. Kenyatta is also said to have been unhappy with pronouncements the DP’s allies made the previous day at an event in Uasin Gishu that amounted to a direct attack on the ongoing war against corruption,” the publication noted.
Fugitive Waititu was one of…
Fugitive Waititu was one of the people who went to meet the president in JKIA. No wonder the president snubbed them.
Asiyekubali kutupwa si…
Asiyekubali kutupwa si Mtupwaji.