RUTO NAMES RIGATHI AS HIS RUNNING MATE.HERE IS WHY HE CHOSE HIM
You are all aware also that we have been in the process of appointing a running mate for the Kenya Kwanza Alliance.
Many highly qualified names have been considered, and I have engaged in lengthy and Exhaustive conversations, consultations, deliberations and reflection on my final pick.
In the end, the consensus pointed out an individual who scored excellent points on every conceivable evaluative parameter.
An astute debater with prodigious persuasive ability. A fantastic grassroots mobiliser. A disciplined and tireless political operator.
A successful elected politician and businessman. A principled politician of tremendous resilience and steely resolve. A fearless fighter for the right causes, and an indefatigable champion of the betrayed, persecuted, downtrodden, the despised, the ignored and the marginalized.
A living example of a true hustler who rose from the hardship of the aftermath of our freedom struggle to the pinnacle of professional, business and political success.
We are nominating a Running Mate whose functions of as per Article 21 (E) of the Kenya Kwanza Coalition Agreement are as follows;
1. Chair cabinet committees
2. Oversee the implementation of cabinet decisions
3. Coordinate intergovernmental relations between the National government and the county government
4. Coordinate the learning and supervising the implementation of development partners funded programs and projects
5. Coordinate constitutional commissions and independent offices in matters that require that intervention of national government including but not limited to budgets and policy frameworks for the operation and;
6. Perform any other function(s) that may be assigned by the president
