Former Kiambu Governor William Kabogo has come out to explain the events that saw him board the same helicopter as Deputy President William Ruto to an event in Nakuru on Sunday.
Speaking to the Nation, Kabogo defended his move to accompany Ruto in the same chopper stating that it was just a coincidence.
“I was not invited to Molo by the deputy president but by the area MP but since Dr Ruto was heading there, I asked for a lift and we went there using his chopper,” he explained.
Kabogo insisted that he had not joined the DP's camp but rather, he was the leader of an independent movement of a group of people “who would not run away from a function because the Deputy President was present.”
He stated that he was neither in Tanga Tanga, Kieleweke or in Jubilee.
However, Kabogo warned that should the President fail to deliver his promises to Kenyans, both he and Ruto would be liable since they were elected as a package.
He asked the government to sack, arrest or charge Dr Ruto if they think he is corrupt rather than giving empty threats
The former governor reiterated that he was an independent thinker who could attend to both President Uhuru Kenyatta’s and Dr Ruto’s functions.
Kabogo fell out with Ruto after the 2017 Jubilee Party primaries in which he was defeated by Ferdinand Waititu who went on to win the Kiambu governor’s seat.
Kabogo and many others in Mt Kenya region who lost in the primaries blamed Dr Ruto, who oversaw the polls at the national level, for their defeat.
