Turkana Governor Josphat Nanok Appointed Head Ruto’s Campaign Secretariat

Deputy President William Ruto has named Turkana Governor Josphat Nanok as the director-general of his campaign secretariat.

Ruto, who is eyeing the presidency in the next year’s elections, says Nanok is the most suited person to head his campaign team. 

During his recent visit to Turkana, the deputy president asked residents to allow their governor to accompany him in his countrywide campaigns so that they can form the next government together. 

"I want to thank you people of Turkana for allowing your governor to come and help me as the Director-General of my presidential campaigns so that he plans all the issues of the hustlers in our government in 2022,” Ruto said in Lodwar.

Nanok, who was elected on an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party ticket in 2013 and 2017, says he joined Ruto’s camp because he is confident that the deputy president will win the 2022 presidential contest and form the next government.

“People have to ask themselves why I left the other side. For those who have joined the other team, they are joining the other team because of the money of the deep state. As we head to the polls, I want to assure you that the deep state is the Kenyan who has his/her voter's card,” the two-time governor noted.

Ruto, 54, has pledged to revive the country’s economy and create millions of jobs through the bottom-up economic model if he becomes president next year.