Nairobi, Oct. 7 -- Deputy President William Ruto has alleged an elaborate State-sponsored campaign to scuttle his 2022 State House bid through chaos and painting him as an unwanted man in some parts of the country.

Dr Ruto Tuesday said the Murang'a violence where two people, 21-year-old Christopher Kariuki and Peter Mbothu, 15, were killed on Sunday, was not an isolated one, but part of a broad plan to lock him out of some areas.

"It is not just the Murang'a case. I went to Kisii, and youth were organised to burn tyres and cause chaos. I went to Kajiado and the county commissioner threatened people against coming to my meetings," Dr Ruto said Tuesday at his Karen office.

"Now I go to Murang'a, and they organise the youth to cause violenc...