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Elgeyo Marakwet Governor Alex Tolgos\u00a0(pictured)\u00a0<\/strong>has declared he will not support Deputy President William Ruto\u2019s quest to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2022.<\/p>\n

The governor dismissed political debate about 2022 as immature, saying he will not be swayed by what he termed euphoria.\u201cAs Jubilee government, we should be concerned about fulfilling the promises we made to Kenyans during the 2017 campaigns other than focusing on immature ambitions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The county chief said he speaks his mind and no amount of threats will cow him.\u201cIf you know that it is automatic to succeed President Kenyatta, what is all the hullabaloo about 2022?\u201d said Tolgos.He said people should not be jittery about his close relationship with Baringo Senator Gideon Moi because it is not about politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elgeyo Marakwet Governor Alex Tolgos\u00a0(pictured)\u00a0has declared he will not support Deputy President William Ruto\u2019s quest to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2022. The governor dismissed political debate about 2022 as immature, saying he will not be swayed by what he termed euphoria.\u201cAs Jubilee government, we should be concerned about fulfilling the promises we made to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":1319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[799,800,316,312],"class_list":["post-1318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-alex-tolgos","tag-elgeyo-marakwet","tag-succession-politics","tag-william-ruto"],"yoast_head":"\nYou are not my 2022 candidate, Governor Tolgos now tells Ruto - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Elgeyo Marakwet Governor Alex Tolgos\u00a0(pictured)\u00a0has declared he will not support Deputy President William Ruto\u2019s quest to succeed President\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/you-are-not-my-2022-candidate-governor-tolgos-now-tells-ruto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"You are not my 2022 candidate, Governor Tolgos now tells Ruto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Elgeyo Marakwet Governor Alex Tolgos\u00a0(pictured)\u00a0has declared he will not support Deputy President William Ruto\u2019s quest to succeed President\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/you-are-not-my-2022-candidate-governor-tolgos-now-tells-ruto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-25T14:19:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/01\/xitcezajet7toni8ql5e2b3382c0052.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/you-are-not-my-2022-candidate-governor-tolgos-now-tells-ruto#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/you-are-not-my-2022-candidate-governor-tolgos-now-tells-ruto\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"You are not my 2022 candidate, Governor Tolgos now tells Ruto\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-25T14:19:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/you-are-not-my-2022-candidate-governor-tolgos-now-tells-ruto\"},\"wordCount\":136,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/you-are-not-my-2022-candidate-governor-tolgos-now-tells-ruto#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/01\/xitcezajet7toni8ql5e2b3382c0052.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Alex Tolgos\",\"Elgeyo Marakwet\",\"Succession politics\",\"William Ruto\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/you-are-not-my-2022-candidate-governor-tolgos-now-tells-ruto#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/you-are-not-my-2022-candidate-governor-tolgos-now-tells-ruto\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/you-are-not-my-2022-candidate-governor-tolgos-now-tells-ruto\",\"name\":\"You are not my 2022 candidate, Governor Tolgos now tells Ruto - 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