Deputy President William Ruto is one of the most powerful men in the country. The mere thought of someone crazy enough to lock him up in his own home sounds like fiction.
However, this is exactly what happened to him after he became the country's second in command.
In a 2013 interview conducted by Citizen TV, the witty deputy president narrated a time he attempted to leave his home without security detail, but ended up being locked inside the compound.
"I used to enjoy driving myself around that's no longer possible. One afternoon I was at home and I decided to drive to the office and do something, so I got into the car and I drove to the gate.
"When I got there, I thought the askari did not see me, so I opened the window and told him, please open the gate," he narrated.
Unknown to the freshly sworn-in DP, the security officer was aware of his presence, but unwilling to let him out of the compound without his authorized security detail, as per official protocol.
"He told me he was sorry but he could not open the gate and I asked him why. He said that it's not right, 'let me call the security detail'," Ruto stated as he laughed about it.
The second in command noted that there were many things he enjoyed doing before he became the DP, that he could not do anymore.
This is not the first time the DP has been blocked from leaving a place without having a bodyguard.
In a past interview with the Daily Nation, a State House official narrated the events of an incident in 2014, when the DP visited President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Ruto is said to have driven to State House in a personal car and was only accompanied by one bodyguard.
On seeing this, the president was shocked at the carefree attitude of the DP at a time when the country was facing the serious threat of terror attacks.
The president decided to keep his deputy busy at State House until a light motorcade arrived to escort him out.
