Rashid Echesa Issues 1 Condition to Guarantee His Support for DP Ruto 

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary, Rashid Echesa, sent a clear message to DP William Ruto on Monday.

Speaking while in Kakamega, the vocal leader maintained that his endorsement for a Ruto presidency in 2022, was hinged on one simple condition.

He only needs the country's second in command to implicitly declare that his government would apportion a larger piece of the pie to the Luhya community, The Standard divulged.

Echesa then went on to castigate ODM party leader, Raila Odinga, for the slow pace of development projects in the greater western region.

"Kisumu and Kakamega are worlds apart in terms of development. Raila has not brought any change for us here. In Kisumu there is an airport, investors flock there,” he disclosed.

His criticism of Raila didn't stop there, as he further mocked the opposition party leader's promise to deliver his supporters to the land of Canaan, where milk & honey flowed freely.

"We are tired of gambling with the lives of our people, we have supported him more than enough without any returns. He promised you that he was taking you to a land of milk and honey only for him to join his foes,” he remarked.

Not one to shy away from calling out any leaders, Echesa then directed his attention to President Uhuru Kenyatta, asking him to prove that he is indeed a national leader, by securing Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader, Musalia Mudavadi, a plum government job.

He pointed out Raila and Kalonzo Musyoka's current positions as special envoys to the Africa Union and South Sudan respectively, as evidence that the request was well within Uhuru's reach.