As Uhuru Kenyatta's Deputy President between 2013 and 2022 he acquired a reputation for aggressive ‘land-grabbing' – seizing public land for development – which he denies...

Several of Ruto's business allies were targeted by the Kenya Revenue Authority in the final months of Uhuru Kenyatta's presidency as part of an unsuccessful campaign of intimidation...

Fred Matiang'i – academic former cabinet secretary and tough-guy ‘fixer' for Uhuru Kenyatta – has a solid public reputation for delivery fanatical Gusii support but little real backing elsewhere...

That followed a decade as Odinga's legal advisor successfully challenging Uhuru Kenyatta's presidential win in 2017...

Cheruiyot is one of the few remaining advisors from Ruto's days as Uhuru Kenyatta's deputy and the 2022 election campaign when he was Ruto's chief agriculture advisor...

Ruto's chief spy is National Security Advisor Joseph Boinnet who was promoted in April from deputy replacing the cerebral Monica Juma a senior cabinet minister during Uhuru Kenyatta's presidency who later became Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as well as running the UN's office in Vienna (AC Vol 65 No 7 A one-man diplomatic mission)...

After early career stints at the UN Environment Programme and UN-Habitat Kimani became a close ally of former President Uhuru Kenyatta who appointed him Director of Kenya's National Counter Terrorism Centre and Presidential Special Envoy for Countering Violent Extremism in 2015 (AC Vol 58 No 22 A question of legitimacy)...

His office has approached Jubilee Party leader Fred Matiang'i a close ally of former president Uhuru Kenyatta about joining a ‘national conversation'...

At the 2022 general election the Jubilee Party – formed by Ruto and his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta in 2012 – held the seat through David Kiaraho who died in March beating Ngotho then the UDA candidate by around 4 700 votes...

As Education and Interior Cabinet Secretary during Uhuru Kenyatta's presidency Matiang'i was seen as tough and effective...

The former deputy president hosted businessman and Safina Party leader Jimi Wanjigi a close former ally of ex-president Uhuru Kenyatta and one of the scions of Mount Kenya politics at his home last week...

Never one to forget personal slights President William Ruto may applaud Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei's motion seeking to strip former President Uhuru Kenyatta of his retirement benefits...