MC Jessy Now Says that DP Ruto Tricked Him with a Campaign Job.

On Thursday, April 21, Jesse revealed that he was summoned to a meeting at the DP's office in Karen with his rival for the UDA ticket in the Imenti South parliamentary campaign on a fateful day. The nominations were set to take place the next day, on April 14.

According to the comedian, the DP urged them to reach an agreement on a single candidate by consensus, and they agreed to resume negotiations at a later time.

The comedian, however, stated that he was surprised to see the Deputy President issue a statement indicating that Jessy had stepped down in favor of Mwiti Kathaara, another United Democratic Alliance (UDA) candidate.

“I went there knowing that I was the prominent aspirant, I had even told the people that were we going for nominations. Maybe the mistake I made was to accept dialogue.”

"I did not stand there to admit that we had agreed to step down, when people visit Ruto's residence they take photos and the information about me stepping down was shared later on social media platforms. That was not what we agreed," Jessy further stated.

Jessy made it apparent that he would not yield his position to Kathaara and that, after his supporters learned of the ruse, he had decided to run as an independent candidate.

Jessy explained that the images of him shaking hands with Ruto were shot before the meeting with Ruto and other UDA executives.

"MC Jessy will join the presidential campaign team after postponing his parliamentary bid in favour of Mwiti Kathaara for the South Imenti Seat,” Ruto earlier posted on his social media which was later pulled down.

Despite the backlash, Jessy has stated that he will still vote for Ruto in the August 9 General Election.

"The lesson I have learnt is to never trust a politician. And avoid confiding people about your political moves, you never know what they do with it," Jessy added.