Ruto is a Public land grabber who is rooting for Post-Election Violence in order to steal IDP’s Land - Joho

It seems the rivalry between deputy president, William Ruto and Mombasa governor, Hassan Joho will not end any time soon.

In a new no love lost attack, Joho has accused Ruto of being a war monger, a  public land grabber who waits for post-election violence to steal victims land.

"I don't wait for my neighbouts to flee because of violence and steal their land. If that's being shrewd, I don't want to be," Joho said while addressing residents in Jomvu, Mombasa county.

The ODM governor 001, was spoiling for a fight and did not stop there.

"You are so shrewd you steal school land," the Governor added.

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With a bruised ego after being called an academic dwarf, Joho was keen to square it off with the deputy president.

“If you are too smart, why did you not demand that SGR pass through Eldoret to benefit your people?” Joho asked.

The ODM governor 001, termed Ruto a corrupt leader who can’t even account for a single shilling in his pocket.

“let me tell you my life history, the only difference between me and Ruto is one, I am grateful to God, I am a business man, right now if you ask me why I got this watch I am wearing I will tell you because I am a self-made man! William Ruto on the other hand is a billionaire who can’t even tell Kenyans how he got his wealth”

Joho has dared Ruto to choose an international audit firm of his choose to audit him to check if he acquired his wealth genuinely.

Facts from Fiction

So in all these allegations and counter-allegations where does the truth lie?

Ruto has indeed in the past fought over allegations of land grabbing.

In 2012, the DP was sued by Andrew Muteshi, an internally displaced person, for allegedly grabbing his 100 acre piece of land following the violence in 2007-2008.

The court orded Ruto to returned the piece of land to Muteshi and paid him a sum of Sh5 million in August 2013.

After returning the parcel, Ruto was cleared of the matter.

About grabbing school land! Well Weston Hotel which the DP owns, is accused of sitting on a piece of grabbed Kenya Civil Aviation land. In January last year, pupils from Langata road primary school engaged with police in a fierce battle after a wall cutting across the playground was erected by a private developer.

The school sits adjacent to Weston Hotel and the hotel was planning to expand.

Charity Ngilu, the Cabinet secretary of lands then, named Nairobi businessmen Mandip Singh Amrit, Manjit Singh Amrit, Harbans Singh Amrit and Kamal Prakash Amrit as the owners of the company linked to the controversial acquisition of Lang’ata Road Primary School land.

However, it is believed that a powerful public figure associated with the businessmen was behind the attempt to grab the school land.

With the two leaders already having declared they will vie for presidency come 2022, a bruising match is sure expected, who will tap out first? who will get knocked out first? only time will tell.