{"id":22142,"date":"2021-02-06T21:15:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T21:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=22142"},"modified":"2021-02-06T21:15:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T21:15:04","slug":"ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed","title":{"rendered":"Ruto to Raila: Don’t wait to be endorsed"},"content":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Deputy President William Ruto has urged leaders to seek the mandate of Kenyans instead of waiting for endorsements.<\/p>\n

He said there was a section of leaders seeking the endorsement of President Uhuru Kenyatta despite having opposed him since 2002.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut they cannot harvest where they did not sow,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ruto told the politicians that Kenyans were no longer ignorant and would only elect leaders who have solutions to their challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cStop deceiving yourselves. If you want leadership in Kenya, it is the people to decide,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He spoke yesterday in Kwale and Mombasa counties where he launched several development projects.<\/p>\n

He was accompanied by MPs Aisha Jumwa (Malindi), Khatib Mwashetani (Lunga Lunga), Paul Katana (Kaloleni), Benjamin Tayari (Kinango),\u00a0Anuar Loitiptip (Lamu),\u00a0Lydia Haika (Taita Taveta), Vincent Kemosi (West Mugirango), Kimani Ngunjiri (Bahati), Faisal Bader (Msambweni),\u00a0John Paul Mwirigi (Igembe South),\u00a0Mohamed Ali (Nyali) and Owen Baya (Kilifi North).<\/p>\n

The DP said the hustler narrative is guided by the drive to uplift the standards of living of ordinary Kenyans at the base of the wealth pyramid.<\/p>\n

He said he would continue championing the remodeling of the country’s economic approach in favour of the poor.<\/p>\n

“We must change the economic model of the country and have more resources at the bottom,\u201d said Ruto.<\/p>\n

The MPs said efforts by leaders to amend the Constitution were misplaced priorities.<\/p>\n

They said the funds set aside for the BBI should instead be channelled to programmes that would directly benefit citizens.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not in a constitutional crisis. We do not need BBI. We need Kenyans to be empowered,\u201d said Kemosi.<\/p>\n

Taita Taveta Woman Rep\u00a0Lydiah Haika\u00a0said BBI proposals would undermine the position of women in leadership as outlined in the current Constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: Deputy President William Ruto has urged leaders to seek the mandate of Kenyans instead of waiting for endorsements. He said there was a section of leaders seeking the endorsement of President Uhuru Kenyatta despite having opposed him since 2002. \u201cBut they cannot harvest where they did not sow,\u201d he said. Ruto told the politicians […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":22122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[364,493,242],"class_list":["post-22142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-364","tag-dp-william-ruto","tag-raila-odinga"],"yoast_head":"\nRuto to Raila: Don't wait to be endorsed - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Deputy President William Ruto has urged leaders to seek the mandate of Kenyans instead of waiting for endorsements.\u00a0He said there was a\" \/>\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\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ruto to Raila: Don't wait to be endorsed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Deputy President William Ruto has urged leaders to seek the mandate of Kenyans instead of waiting for endorsements.\u00a0He said there was a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed\" \/>\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=\"2021-02-06T21:15:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/02\/ruto_to_raila_dont601ed0d0e412d.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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ruto to Raila: Don’t wait to be endorsed\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-06T21:15:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed\"},\"wordCount\":299,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/02\/ruto_to_raila_dont601ed0d0e412d.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2022\",\"DP William Ruto\",\"Raila Odinga\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed\",\"name\":\"Ruto to Raila: Don't wait to be endorsed - kenya\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/02\/ruto_to_raila_dont601ed0d0e412d.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-06T21:15:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Deputy President William Ruto has urged leaders to seek the mandate of Kenyans instead of waiting for endorsements.\u00a0He said there was a\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/02\/ruto_to_raila_dont601ed0d0e412d.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/02\/ruto_to_raila_dont601ed0d0e412d.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ruto to Raila: Don’t wait to be endorsed\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/\",\"name\":\"kenya\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ruto to Raila: Don't wait to be endorsed - kenya","description":"Deputy President William Ruto has urged leaders to seek the mandate of Kenyans instead of waiting for endorsements.\u00a0He said there was a","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ruto to Raila: Don't wait to be endorsed","og_description":"Deputy President William Ruto has urged leaders to seek the mandate of Kenyans instead of waiting for endorsements.\u00a0He said there was a","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed","og_site_name":"kenya","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2021-02-06T21:15:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/02\/ruto_to_raila_dont601ed0d0e412d.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Ruto to Raila: Don’t wait to be endorsed","datePublished":"2021-02-06T21:15:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed"},"wordCount":299,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/02\/ruto_to_raila_dont601ed0d0e412d.jpg","keywords":["2022","DP William Ruto","Raila Odinga"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed","name":"Ruto to Raila: Don't wait to be endorsed - kenya","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/02\/ruto_to_raila_dont601ed0d0e412d.jpg","datePublished":"2021-02-06T21:15:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Deputy President William Ruto has urged leaders to seek the mandate of Kenyans instead of waiting for endorsements.\u00a0He said there was a","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/02\/ruto_to_raila_dont601ed0d0e412d.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2021\/02\/ruto_to_raila_dont601ed0d0e412d.jpg","width":800,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/ruto-to-raila-dont-wait-to-be-endorsed#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ruto to Raila: Don’t wait to be endorsed"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/","name":"kenya","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}