President Ruto has alleged that he fell out with many of his cronies and acquaintances in the run-up to the August 2022 elections.

President Ruto declared on Tuesday, when he joined the Muslim faithful for Iftar at KICC, that his political stance distinguished him from many who held opposing views amid heightened political tensions.



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"We had a very difficult time in the last elections because there was a lot of politics," he remarked. "I myself lost a lot of buddies because of the propaganda that was there."


President Ruto remarked that he could not support "worshipping human beings because they have authority or wealth," so he severed ties with several people.

"If there was something God showed us in this general election, it is that there is a God who decides, apart from having the capability and power of a human being," Ruto remarked.

"If an individual cannot be content with honour and starts to ask us to worship him, that is something we should not agree to," he said.

"It makes no difference who they are, how much power they wield, or how much wealth they control; we are all equals in the eyes of the Lord and according to the Constitution."


President Ruto spat with Uhuru Kenyatta, the previous president, in the run-up to the election, which was made public during the campaign.

President Kenyatta was rallying support for Raila Odinga, the Azimio La Umoja coalition presidential candidate, and urged Kenyans not to vote for Ruto, whom he labelled untrustworthy.