Uhuru helped me scale the mountain, Ruto says

Deputy President William Ruto has said that President Uhuru Kenyatta had years ago shown him and given him ideas on how to climb Mt. Kenya region to seek votes.

Ruto while speaking at Later Glory church in Kihara kiambaa constituency on a Thanksgiving ceremony for recently elected area Mp John Njuguna Wanjiku said it takes years to climb the mountain as one needs to understand the issues affecting the region.

"I thank the President for telling me early to start organizing myself on how to climb the mountain. He told me if I want to stay in good terms with the mountain region people I should focus on the developments, I plan on the roads, plan on water, education and also visit churches in all corners, "Ruto said.

He said that those presidential aspirants scaling the mountain now must organise themselves as the Mt. Kenya region people want action and not speeches.

"The president knows as he advised me to start early and organise myself to understand the issues of the region and start working on them and I think we have done a good job in matters development as we have done in every other part of the country," he said.

Ruto said in their movement they are determined to unite the country.

"It is unity that we can overcome the challenges we have as a nation. We do not believe in ethnic partnership and ethnic mobilisation and corner arrangements. We believe in working together," he said.

He said that he is proud to be a member and a leader in the Hustler movement that cuts across all regions in Kenya.

"We are one United movement and our aim is to use our unity to build a political party that will have the capacity to formulate and arrange a proper development model under the bottom up economic model approach that will change the fortunes of the nation and a movement that accommodates everybody and every idea. We believe that a good idea must give way to a sitter idea to also a best idea," he said