Deputy President William Ruto has implored President Uhuru Kenyatta to remain neutral in the August General Election.
In a statement on Friday, the DP said the President should allow Kenyans to make their democratic choice freely.
Speaking in a Kenya Kwanza campaign in Gatundu, Ruto said he was confident he would win the August polls.
"Even if he does not want to help me, he should step aside and let me compete with Odinga," Ruto said.
Ruto told the crowd that he believed that he was the most suitable candidate to clinch the president’s post so that he could complete government projects that stalled after President Uhuru and ODM leader Raila Odinga’s Handshake.
He promised to perk up the Big Four Agenda that was designed to create jobs once he assumes office in August.
ANC party leader, Musalia Mudavadi said President Kenyatta's decision to endorse Raila was Ill-guided.
"We do not have a problem with President Kenyatta, our only difference is his choice of Raila,” Mudavadi said.
The Ford Kenya party leader Moses Wetang’ula asked the President to follow in the footsteps of former President Mwai Kibaki who opted to retire peacefully without endorsing his successor.
Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria who was also present said that he would not support Raila arguing that the team was better off with Ruto.
In attendance were Party Leaders Musalia Mudavadi (ANC), Moses Wetangula (Ford Kenya), Moses Kuria (Chama Cha Kazi), MPs Rigathi Gachagua (Mathira), Kimani Wamatangi (Kiambu), Kimani Ichungwa (Kikuyu), Patrick Wainaina (Thika), Alice Wahome (Kandara), John Wanjiku (Kiambaa), George Koimburi (Juja), Githua Wamacukuru (Kabete), Jane Kihara (Naivasha) and former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu accompanied him.
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