Soft-spoken Kitui County Governor Charity Ngilu has fired back at Deputy President William Ruto after an attack on her ability to get married recently.
This is after the DP who was on a campaign trail in Kitui county on Tuesday questioned residents about where Governor Ngilu had been.
While interacting with residents the DP questioned whether Ngilu fits the bill to be married to anyone.
“Kwani mama mzee hivi anaweza kuolewa? Ataolewa na nani? (Can such an old woman be married? Who will marry her)?” the DP asked.
And in a quick rejoinder, governor Ngilu has termed the DP remarks as disrespectful to the Kenyan womenfolk.
Mama Kitui went on to add that the remarks have demonstrated how the second in command is unfit for the leadership position he is currently seeking.
“If you cannot respect women, you cannot respect anybody else- Because it is from women you come. William Ruto you can insult women all you want. But in this election, women will make a major statement,” she tweeted.
The DP was campaigning for the UDA Kitui governor candidate Jonathan Mueke when he seemingly attacked Ngilu yesterday.
“Na ule mama(seemingly Ngilu) alienda aje (Where did that woman go to)?” the DP posed to the crowd.
In a rejoinder, it is then that a section of the crowd shouted: “Alienda Bondo (She went to Bondo)”.
The DP then posed: ” Aliendaje Bondo, mlikataza yeye kura( How did she go to Bondo, did you deny her votes)?”
DP Ruto’s question is in reference to Ngilu’s move to quit the governor race ahead of the 2022 general elections.
Then a person in the crowd shouted: “Aliolewa Bondo (She was married in Bondo)”. The comment prompted DP Ruto’s remarks on Ngilu’s marriageability.
