Deputy President William Ruto has called out the Daily Nation over a 'misleading' headline on Monday, February 3.
Taking to his social media accounts, the DP once again lamented that the daily's front-page headline had been skewed to paint him in bad light following his utterances in Kisii on Sunday, February 2.
"Judge for yourself the propaganda and falsehood being propagated by the Daily Nation," DP Ruto wrote.
The DP juxtaposed the image of the Daily Nation's Monday front-page story with a video of him speaking in Kisii for Kenyans on social media to compare his remarks with the reportage by the publication.
Ruto waded into the controversy surrounding the launch of national government projects by persons other than President Uhuru Kenyatta during his Kisii tour.
"It is my duty to help the president perform his roles. I will keep launching new roads, electricity and educational projects. I will continue coming here because I earn a salary as the deputy president, and I shall serve in this capacity," he told a congregation.
He insisted that since he had not spent his time running anyone else's role, it was wise for everyone to stick to their mandates and leave him to play his role as mandated by the constitution.
The Daily Nation indicated that DP Ruto's utterances were in direct contradiction to the president's declarations on January 31, that he would personally oversee the projects that his government launched.
The president, while on a tour in Nyandarua County, accused unnamed leaders of behaving like hyenas serving their own personal interests and betraying him when he entrusted them with the country's development agenda.
"Those that I used to send to represent me and ensure that development projects are on the right track started behaving like hyenas and doing their own things to enrich themselves. Let no one cheat you; from today, I am not sending anyone to help me. I will do it on my own," he was quoted.
His utterances were construed to refer to the deputy president and other senior government officials who the president had tasked with overseeing projects, including top Jubilee MPs.
