Citizen TV's JKLive show was the stage of a heated debate between Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen and Suna East MP Junet Mohamed on Wednesday night, March 11.
The bone of contention was the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), and the recent barrage of attacks on Deputy President William Ruto by a faction of legislators, with Murkomen claiming that the BBI initiative drive was being used to push Ruto out of the 2022 presidential election.
Not one to lie down quietly, the Suna East legislator rubbished Murkomen's theories, adding that the DP was a non-issue in the 2022 general election.
"I can tell you, whether there is a handshake or no handshake, William Ruto has zero chances of becoming the President of Kenya,"the legislator stated in his rebuttal.
“Whether there is a handshake or no handshake, William Ruto has zero chances of becoming the president of Kenya…” - Junet Mohamed #JKLive pic.twitter.com/v79u7K41YS
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) March 11, 2020
The senate majority leader then went on to claim that it was strange how President Uhuru Kenyatta seemed indifferent to statements being made against his second in command.
"Has the president ever cared to find out why certain ministers attack his deputy publicly?” Murkomen posed.
However, Junet interjected and threatened to walk out of the show if his counterpart was going to discuss what he termed as fake assassination attempts on Ruto, insisting that it was a move to secure sympathy.
"We cannot be here a whole night discussing whether or not the deputy president's– someone who has a battalion of recce squad officers – life is in danger," the infuriated legislator remarked.
Murkomen fueled the showdown even further when he alluded that the BBI was being used as a political tool by individuals who could not accept defeat.
On his part, Junet warned his counterpart against attending the March 21 Nakuru rally with an intention of causing mayhem, assuring Murkomen that he would teach him a lesson in humility if he tried to replicate his Meru stunt, in the eagerly anticipated Nakuru rally.
Watch the two politicians going at each other below:
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