If Ruto-Gachagua tiff goes to next year they will find a different running mate - Senator Onyonka

Speaking on Citizen TV's Daybreak show on Monday, Onyonka said that the ongoing wrangles between the two men at the nation's helm continue a historical pattern that has always seen the relationship between a president and deputy president turn sour.

He cited the split between ex-president Uhuru Kenyatta and Ruto, when he was deputy president, noting that the genesis of their tenure was very rosy but ended in a bitter political split. 

"Even us we thought that disagreeing with Uhuru was just something, how can they disagree? At some point there is a steep in politics where beyond that red line you cannot reverse it," he said.

"By next year if this war continues like this Gachagua will be gone and William Ruto will be gone. The question then becomes does Gachagua or Ruto move to the west (Western Kenya) to go and pick a vice president and also what happens to that vice president after Ruto wins his second term. Will he also be betrayed?"

The relationship between Ruto and Gachagua has been speculated to be deteriorating, forcing the second in command to dismiss the claims instead arguing that the president has given him a lot of work to do and that the Kenya Kwanza administration is in good standing.

Speaking on Sunday in Uasin Gishu, Gachagua maintained that there exists an amicable partnership with his boss and they "love and respect each other".

His sentiments came a day after he claimed leaders close to Ruto are sowing seeds of discord between him and the president.

An enraged Gachagua warned that he will not allow a section of the president's allies to harm his relationship with his boss and that they should also refrain from meddling in the political affairs of the Mt. Kenya region.

"The problem is a few leaders here from this region who have proximity to the President ndio wanakoroga siasa ya huko kwetu kudanganya watu eti waaanze kupanga mambo ya 2032,” he said.