IS RUTO THE GREATEST POLITICAL CONMAN PER EXCELLENCE

Five years ago, Deputy President William Ruto strongly supported the Government decision to create a dry port in Naivasha as a means to decongesting road traffic from Mombasa to Nairobi and from Nairobi to Naivasha. Whereas Hassan Joho was opposed to the same ostensibly because the move would inter alia give rise to unemployment at the Coast, DP Ruto scorned Hassan Joho and even went ahead to call him an "academic dwarf". Yesterday, William Ruto made a 180 degree turn. He promised the Coastal People that Kenya Kwanza (read UDA) will upon taking the Presidency immediately relocate the Naivasha Dry Port back to Mombasa. This is not the first nor will it be the last time that William Ruto has exhibited inconsistency on critical issues affecting the Nation. He has always been consistently inconsistent. He opposed the enactment of the 2010 Constitution. Recently he opposed BBI. According to William Ruto, BBI was all about creating positions. A couple of months later, William Ruto said that he will create the position of Chief Minister among others to accommodate his allies within the National Government. It should also be remembered that when Raila Odinga was cobbling a coalition, William Ruto asserted that UDA will go it alone to the ballot. Weeks later, he quickly abandoned that position and entered into a pre-coalition agreement with other political parties yet we all know that he will vie for the presidency under UDA. From the foregoing, to say that William Ruto is the King of Flip Flop would be an understatement. The question that begs is whether such a person can be entrusted with the affairs of this great Nation? We expect that individuals should go into politics to provide leadership. We expect that individuals will seek for the presidency to provide solutions to the challenges facing the Nation. Politics and especially the presidency should not be about political expediency. Unfortunately for William Ruto it is all about political expediency. He will consistently lie hoping that the lie will somehow crystalize into truth. He will shift positions in quick succession for his own convenience. Five years down the line William Ruto wants to politicize the Naivasha Dry Port as a means to getting a sizable votes from the Coastal region. Ruto has on many occasions fired salvos at his political competitors for their"political conmanship". I suggest that he finds a mirror to look at himself. He will discover that since Kenya's independence, he is the greatest political conman per excellence.