William Ruto, the President, has compared his detractors to the biblical Sanballat and Tobias, who resisted Nehemiah's attempts to restore the city walls of Jerusalem.
Speaking on National Prayer Day on Tuesday, Ruto promised to disprove those who disagree with his leadership, such as Azimio leader Raila Odinga and his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta.
He seemed to compare Sanballat and Tobiah to the leading detractors, Odinga and Kenyatta.
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The Head of State declared that in his efforts to create a better Kenya for Kenyans, he would not consider anything by anyone.
"They ought to read Nehemiah." Nehemiah said that two haughty men told him that even a fox would topple the wall he was building.
So, let Sanballat and Tobiah pursue their interests. Kenya will advance, Ruto said to a jubilant crowd headed by an evangelical preacher.
To ask for divine intervention over the country's severe hunger and drought conditions, President Ruto addressed the Nyayo National Stadium at an interdenominational prayer service.
Odinga-Kenyatta partnership
His remarks came at a time when Odinga and his allies criticized his leadership due to what they perceived to be a failure to address urgent issues, including the high cost of living.
The ongoing taxation discussion has also irritated Kenyatta and Odinga, who has been attacking him for his ambitions to broaden the tax base.
Despite the Supreme Court's decision to reject his appeal against President Ruto's election victory, Odinga has been actively participating in political rallies and insisting that he won the 2022 presidential election.
The Azimio leader protested the government in Busia County on Sunday for the fifth time.
At significant demonstrations conducted in Kibra, Kamukunji, Jacaranda Grounds, and Machakos, Odinga said he would not recognize Ruto as President and charged that the election wasn't fair.
He did not offer any proof to back up his assertions.
Azimio quarrels.
Odinga has reassured Azimio's followers that the coalition is still strong despite the departure of scores of parliamentarians for Ruto's side with his ally Kenyatta.
Kenyatta has defended his ongoing backing of Odinga by asserting his democratic right to back any political figure of his choosing.
The former President announced that, although he is ceasing to be an active politician, he is still quite involved and has no plans to leave politics anytime soon.
"Even though I don't actively participate in politics, I still support Raila. I have to leave when he tells me to," he stated.
Some of Ruto's allies are upset with Kenyatta's decision to remain involved in national politics and have called on the head of state to revoke his appointment as a regional peace envoy.
On Sunday, Mike Sonko, a former Nairobi governor, pushed Ruto to remove his predecessor from his position as his peace representative to Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
During an interreligious Thanksgiving ceremony in Nakuru, Sonko remarked that Ruto had to take legal action against people who were still undermining him.
"Since you're a merciful guy, you hired him (Uhuru) as a DRC peace envoy. Fire him if he (Uhuru) continues to treat you poorly, Sonko commanded.
