President William Ruto has revealed that former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua once threatened to limit his presidency to a single term during their leadership standoff.
Speaking during a media interview with all vernacular stations from Mt Kenya at Sagana State Lodge on Monday, Ruto claimed that the former second-in-command demanded a Ksh 10 billion payout when trouble started brewing in their 'paradise.' Ruto, who has, in the wake of the onslaught of criticisms by his former lieutenant, often appeared to avoid responding to the former Mathira MP, went bare-knuckles when he revealed that Gachagua demanded the money to calm the changing political narrative in Mt Kenya. According to the Head of State, however, he did not heed the demands of the former DP and told him to go ahead with his plans. ''Gachagua told me that I would be a one-term President if I did not meet certain conditions.
He asked for Ksh 10 billion to talk to the Mt Kenya region,'' Ruto claimed. "I told him I would not do it.
I told him if it's one term, it's okay if you're the one to decide.
