I will go back to evangelism when I finish my duty as President - Ruto

Owing to his publicly declared love for the Holy Book, President Ruto claimed that his upbringing was fixated on learning and teaching the word of God and he will return to it upon leaving the presidency.

Speaking during a church service in Bungoma County on Sunday, he defended his habit of speaking on church pulpits and addressing crowds from his car's roof, saying that the practice hails from evangelical teachings.

"I am an evangelist and sometimes people wonder why I stand in raised places, sometimes on top of the car. When your orientation is an evangelist you always behave like an evangelist even when you are doing other things," he said.

"I have given a commitment that when I finish my tour of duty as president I will go back to being an evangelist because that is my original calling." 

President Ruto further called on the clergy to continue praying for the nation as he toils to cure the ailing economy and streamline the crippling elements of his government.

He further asserted that the nation is on the right trajectory of achieving growth, noting that calls for good governance have effectively informed the need for collective responsibility and integrity.

"God has given us abundance of good weather over the two years and we have plenty of food in Kenya. We have changed the conversation in our country about our development. It is a conversation I have always wanted Kenya to have," he said.

President Ruto also issued a stern warning at those seeking to stir division based on ethnicity and religion, noting that he will lead from the front on championing unity starting with his move to welcome a broad-based government which saw him appoint members of the opposition to his second cabinet.

"Those who want to divide us will fail and will fail miserably," said Ruto.