President, Deputy Deride Each Other Months Before Kenya Election
- Ruto, Kenyatta’s deputy, responds to missing-from-work charge
- Kenyatta is backing opposition leader against deputy in polls
William Ruto
Photographer: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images
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Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto lashed out at his boss in a public spat, showing how deep the discord in Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration has gone ahead of elections in August.
Ruto, who’s running to succeed Kenyatta, posted a tweet about a longstanding impasse in the cabinet of East Africa’s largest economy. He tweeted in response to a suggestion that he’s been absent from duty, and has become overly critical of the government he is a part of.