President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy, William Ruto, launched the new Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) last Wednesday as the high speed train made its maiden trip from Mombasa to Nairobi.
The President boarded the high speed train to Nairobi on its first trip after the launch and he was to be accompanied by Ruto.
However, that did not happen as Ruto never boarded the train with Uhuru as many Kenyans thought for security reasons.
According to highly placed sources, Ruto did not board the train and instead, he used one of the seven military choppers that escorted the
...train as it cruised on the newly built SGR and was at every stopover that the SGR train stopped to receive and welcome Uhuru to address residents.
The Deputy President only boarded the SGR train from Athi River to Syokimau.
Sources noted that despite the heavy security that escorted the SGR train that Uhuru and his wife were riding from Mombasa to Nairobi, the President’s life was still in danger and therefore the need to secure his Deputy to take over from him in case something bad happens.
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi, who is third in command after Uhuru and Ruto, was also not allowed to board the train with the President just in case something happened to Uhuru and Ruto.
Source The Kenyan DAILY POST
