News just in indicates that Roads Minister
Franklin Bett is warming to ditch the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) for
William Ruto’s United Republican Party (URP).
According to a credible source close to the
MP, Bett has been pressurised by his constituents to join Ruto’s bandwagon or
be shelved in March 4th general election.
The source said, Bett who
is also the Bureti MP has tried to market ODM party in South Rift but he has
met stiff resistance from William Ruto’s supporters who have remained defiant on
accepting Prime Minister Raila Odinga‘s Presidential quest.