William Ruto the putative Kalenjin leader and Raila Odinga's most important ally in the Rift Valley has remained generally silent on the matter but is likely to leverage Kalenjin discontent to shore up his position in the party...
At Mudavadi's recent homecoming party in his Sabatia constituency William Ruto hinted that he was more interested in becoming prime minister in a future ODM government...
Perpetrators The KNCHR's list of 'alleged perpetrators' includes six cabinet ministers: Uhuru Kenyatta from President Mwai Kibaki's Party of National Unity Sally Kosgei Henry Kosgey William Ruto Najib Balala and the late Kipkalya Kones from Prime Minister Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement...
For example it reports that Agriculture Minister William Ruto (MP for Eldoret North) held a meeting in August 2007 with other senior ODM leaders in Kipkelion near Kericho which included the late Lorna Laboso (MP for Sotik) the late Kipkalya Kones (MP for Bomet and a Minister) and Franklin Bett (MP for Bureti)...
ODM Secretary General William Ruto boxed into the burdensome Agriculture Ministry has made overtures to his former political buddy Kenyatta as his lieutenants criticise Odinga...
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- KENYA
- ANALYSIS
Yet ODM Minister of Agriculture William Ruto backed the idea; after the demise of President Daniel arap Moi's and his ally Nicholas Kipyator Biwott's political careers Ruto is the new Kalenjin leader...
From the ODM Henry Kosgey Dalmas Otieno Sally Kosgei Kipkalya Kones William Ruto and Musalia Mudavadi found their way into the cabinet...
William Ruto was criticised in Human Rights Watch’s recent report Ballots to Bullets...
Already many are asking about the role of William Ruto the ODM MP for Eldoret North who was an eager KANU Youth League organiser in the Rift Valley in the 1990s...
The Pentagon brings together all those who competed for that nomination: former Vice-President Musalia Mudavadi also Odinga's chosen running mate; former National Heritage Minister Najib Balala; former Regional Cooperation Assistant Minister Joseph Nyaga; and former Kenya African National Union Secretary General William Ruto...
William Ruto for example has five cases pending including accusations of land-grabbing and selling non-existent land to the Kenya Pipeline Company...
The government has indeed failed to tackle grand corruption decisively but ODM luminaries such as William Ruto and Sally Kosgey both facing grand corruption charges in court are poorly qualified to accuse the government of corruption...