Uhuru, Ruto take campaigns to Nandi

President Uhuru Kenyatta addressing supporters in Bungoma county on Sunday./PSCU
President Uhuru Kenyatta addressing supporters in Bungoma county on Sunday./PSCU

President Uhuru Kenyatta will on Monday

lead Jubilee Party campaigns in Nandi county.

Uhuru and Deputy President William Ruto

will start their tour of the county at Maraba where they will hold a rally, before proceeding to Kemeloi and Kobujoi.

They

will be accompanied by other Jubilee leaders and

later make stops at Kaptumo, Mogudoi and Samoei Boys Secondary School before addressing a major rally at Nandi Hills town.

Uhuru will also hold a rally in Kapsabet town before making more stops to meet his supporters at Chepterit, Mosoriot, Kabiyet and Kabisaga.

The President has been holding his campaigns across the country after the IEBC cleared him ahead of the August elections.

He and Ruto will battle it out with Opposition leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka on August 8.

On Sunday, Uhuru held

a meeting with Jubilee Party aspirants from Uasin Gishu and Trans Nzoia counties.

Uhuru urged them to rally their supporters to turn up in large numbers to vote on election day.

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On Friday,

on his way to Moi Barracks for a military pass out parade following information rival camps for the governor's seat in the county had hired youths to heckle each other.

Governor Jackson Mandago and millionaire businessman Bundotich Kiprop, popularly known as Buzeki, are engaged in a battle for the governor's position, causing tension in the region.

Buzeki turned down Ruto's request for him to step down for the incumbent.

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