Deputy President William Ruto has denied claims that he has snubbed reconciliation talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta.
On the contrary, Ruto says he is ready to actualize calls from the clergy for mediation between him and his boss.
In a Twitter post on Sunday, Ruto reposted his letter to the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops in which he expressed his will to resolve the rift between him and the president.
Last month, the National Congress of Pentecostal Churches and Ministries called for a truce between Uhuru and his deputy.
The clergy urged the President to engage his deputy to try and find a solution to their differences while appealing to the DP to be willing to sit down with his boss and resolve the differences before they get out of hand.
Speaking at his Karen residence home last week when he met grassroots leaders from Kandara constituency, Ruto said that he has full respect for his boss, Uhuru.
“Mimi niko tayari. Hawa maaskofu wamesema wanataka kuniweka pamoja na rais, mimi niko tayari asubuhi na mapema bila condition (I’m ready. The clergy has said that it wants to unite me and the president. I’m ready without any condition),” Ruto said.
He added that there are a few people who came in between them with ill motives.
“Without condition, any moment because we were both elected by Kenyans and they gave us mandate to run this government.”
The Star has learnt that John Cardinal Njue and other clergymen tried to reconcile President Uhuru and his Deputy last year but failed.
Multiple sources close to the President and the DP said National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi initiated the first attempt in January last year after relations between the two deteriorated.
“Muturi met with Cardinal Njue for hours where he briefed him on the widening rift between the two leaders. His request was that since the Cardinal enjoyed a good relationship with the two, only he could help bring the two leaders back together, a source aware of the effort said."
Njue is reported to have accepted the request and gathered a few other clergymen who met the two leaders separately.
“The meeting did not yield much and in April last year, Cardinal Njue told Muturi that he had failed.
