Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale was once a staunch supporter of Opposition Chief Raila Odinga before their relationship became frosty.
Before the 2007 general elections, Duale had branded himself as Raila's chief campaigner in the Northern Kenya region.
However, on Wednesday the CS spilt the beans of how and why he fell out with the Opposition leader during the formation of the 2008 Grand Coalition government.
“Baba introduced me to the school of politics... We campaigned for Raila Odinga mainly in the Muslim areas. I was his chief campaigner in the North; both in terms of the numbers, and resources, and that is where the politics of deceit started,” Duale said.
At that time, the CS had been elected as Garissa Township MP under the ODM ticket.
However, in the grand coalition government led by late President Mwai Kibaki and Raila as the Prime Minister, they chose the late Mohamed Yusuf Haji as Defence Minister over Duale.
“When the cabinet of the grand coalition was formed, Raila Odinga looked at me in the eyes and said Kibaki has appointed another candidate, Haji, to be the Minister for Defence so we can’t have two of you from the same county, the same district then," Duale explained.
The late Haji hailed from the same district as Duale.
Duale explained that he told Raila he ought to have informed him earlier on Haji's appointment instead of betraying him.
"I remember I told him he should have told me, I would have gone to PNU and squared out with Haji for the ministerial position, I was part of your coalition," he said.
Duale is one of Ruto’s close allies with their relationship dating back to before 2013 when the Jubilee party took over.
CS Duale and Ruto who were ODM rebels left the Raila Odinga-led party. They formed the United Republican Party, which entered into a coalition agreement with The National Alliance to form Jubilee.
