Elgeyo Marakwet Senator has claimed that the animosity between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto is not just a turmoil in Jubilee but also a political risk.
Via Twitter on Monday, Murkomen said the animosity will hit Kenyans hard.
“The President fighting his Deputy isn’t merely a Jubilee political joke. In international business terms that’s called political risk,” he said.
He added: “It’s terrible. Being a nation that has borrowed heavily, the Shilling will keep falling and we shall pay heavily. Investors are already on wait and see state.”
Last week, the Kenyan shilling remained unchanged against the US dollar, to close at Sh108.5 similar to what was recorded the previous week.
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The DP’s relentless scouring for 2022 support has put him on a collision cause with the President, who says early campaigns disrupt his development agenda.
UhuRuto’s relationship is now characterized by hard-hitting remarks targeted at each other. The one-time unified Jubilee is in a shambles and the Cabinet deeply divided.
To cut his political influence to size, President Kenyatta issued an Executive Order in January last year in a reorganization that gave Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i more powers.
By granting the CS supervisory roles across government, the President whittled his principal assistant’s influence and in essence, ended his countrywide tours to launch and commission state projects.
Below are some of the responses arising from Murkomen’s tweet;