Embakasi North MP James Gakuya has insisted that there is no ''serious division'' between President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua.
Gakuya, a close ally of Gachagua, says that any issues that may be there are internal 'affairs within the party''.
"We are still in one bus and there is need to say that there are no serious divisions between the President and his deputy,'' Gakuya said in an interview with K24 Television on Tuesday.
There have been signals of widening cracks between Ruto and Gachagua with the two reading from different scripts over national policy matters.
Gachagua's allies have vowed to shoot down the Finance Bill 2024, threatening to cripple government operations following the alleged tiff.
Ruto has sharply differed with his deputy over his push for the One man, One shilling mantra and rebuffed Gachagua's call on MPs to go slow on countrywide tours.
The vocal MP,one of Gachagua's foremost allies in Nairobi County, is running against Governor Johnson Sakaja for Nairobi chairmanship.
Gakuya told MPs preaching the gospel of a fallout between the President and his deputy to go slow.
"We don't want to come to a situation where we are talking about the Kieleweke and Tangatanga,'' Gakuya warned.
Kieleweke was the name given to a group of MPs who were supporting Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta at a time when he had fallen out with Ruto.
Those then allied to Ruto were christened Tangatanga, a name given to them because of their numerous countrywide trips.
Gachagua has openly claimed that some MPs from Rift Valley with ''close proximity'' to the President are being used to stir succession politics in Mt Kenya region.
Last week he warned the MPs from traversing the country and told the to stick to their constituencies and focus on development.
Speaking in Uasin Gishu Gachagua said that it is wrong for elected leaders allied to the government to waste time moving from one constituency to another instead of serving their own people.
“I urge the MPs to stay in their constituencies and serve their people. The habit of political tourism must stop. This is what is giving us trouble,” he said at an event held at Seiyo Secondary school in the constituency.
His position was, however, sharply contradicted by the President who set the lawmakers free to traverse the country, stating that is part of their national duty.
Speaking during a church service at Amutala Stadium in Bungoma County, Ruto told the MPs not to stop moving around.
“I am happy that many MPs are here. Moving across the country will enable them to know the other mandate of legislation is oversight,” the President said.
