In a tell-all interview, the first he has given since he was removed from the Office of the Majority Leader, Mr Kipchumba Murkomen has termed President Kenyatta’s treatment of his deputy as extreme provocation, a betrayal of the highest order, and one that was “totally unwarranted”.
He described the treatment of Mr Ruto — and his allies — as callous and an act of people without a conscience.
Asked what may have triggered the bitter falling-out between the two country’s top leaders who were once bosom buddies, Mr Murkomen said he didn’t know of any wrong that the DP had done except to become popular.
The former law lecturer said he expected more changes in Jubilee, including an attempted impeachment of the DP because “these people are desperate”, and removal of his perceived loyalists from parliamentary committees.
Mr Murkomen traced the genesis of his present woes to his “steadfast fight for devolution”, including taking the Executive to the Supreme Court on division of revenue and opposing Mau evictions againstthe government stand.
