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Deputy President William Ruto has hinted that he will vie for the presidency in the 2022 polls in a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party ticket after terming it the hustler's party. 

Deputy President William Ruto has hinted that he will vie for the presidency in the 2022 polls in a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party ticket after terming it the hustler's party. 

Speaking in West Pokot on Saturday where he held a rally, the DP said they had destroyed the Jubilee party for tribal alliances. 

"Sisi tuko rada. Tuko chonjo. Tuko na chama ya ma hustler," DP Ruto told a cheering crowd. 

He added that the planned coalition between Jubilee and ODM was a plot to deny him the leadership of the former. 

This was the first time DP Ruto was publicly associating himself with UDA. 

DP William Ruto in West Pokot County. 

This comes barely days after Jubilee Party Secretary-General Raphael Tuju disclosed that the Jubilee Party and ODM would field a joint presidential candidate for the 2022 polls. 

Tuju stated the two parties are keen to formalize their handshake relationship in a coalition deal.

"If we reach an agreement in terms of coming up with alliance, which is on the table, then we should have one presidential candidate," Tuju said on Friday.