Ruto wants to retire in 2032 alongside Gachagua and Kalonzo
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Tuko
Kenyan President William Ruto has said he wants to leave political life in 2032, at the same time as his former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua and Kalonzo Musyoka, whom he describes as his contemporaries. At a rally in Bonchari, in Kisii County, he promised to make way for a new generation, according to Tuko.
Kenyan President William Ruto said on Tuesday 10 November that he would leave political life in 2032 alongside former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua and Kalonzo Musyoka, leader of the Wiper party, according to Tuko. At a rally in Bonchari, in Kisii County, he said: « Kalonzo and Gachagua are my contemporaries. I will bring them together and we will leave together in 2032 to make way for young people. »
Without naming Gachagua, leader of the Democracy for Citizens party, Ruto targeted him by saying he had bought land in Texas and would go to the United States « if things go wrong ». Ruto, 59, is younger than Gachagua, 61, and Kalonzo Musyoka, 72. The rally was held to launch the Kenyoro SDA–Riana Market–Kerina Road project and a last-mile connectivity programme.
These remarks follow by one day Gachagua’s promise to defeat Ruto in the 2027 presidential election. Kalonzo Musyoka is at the centre of discussions on the unity of the Kenyan opposition, which the president constantly courts.
