Ruto and Raila face-to-face meeting yesterday

Deputy President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga traded brickbats in separate occasions which trended on social media platforms.

Two days later the two came face to face at State House in Nairobi when President Uhuru yesterday hosted South Sudan President Salva Kiir.

Over the weekend, ODM leader Raila Odinga had criticised Deputy President William Ruto in his home turf over generous church donations. Raila also talked about the Aror and Kimwarer dams scandal whose cost he claimed was grossly inflated.

“There are those who are everywhere every Sunday. You can’t just carry money every Sunday to donate to churches. You must start by confessing and telling the church the truth about the source of money,”  said Raila in a broadside aimed at Ruto. 

“We do not give because we have, but we have because we give. If you read the Bible it tells us that if you give you shall receive and that you shall receive according to the measure that you give,” Ruto said at PCEA St Lukes in Mihang’o, Nairobi where referred to Raila as the Lord of Poverty, accusing him of riding  on the plight of the poor for political support-The Standard.