Raila plays smart on his Ruto deal, but who is fooling who?

The ink has yet to dry on an agreement between President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, but the latter is already sending mixed signals.

He appears to be hunting with the hounds and running with the hares carrying himself as a critic of the government while he is a key insider whose allies are in Cabinet.

With Raila’s admission that his truce with Dr Ruto could yield a larger “formation”, it seemed Raila had his heart and soul inside the new partnership. If Ruto had thought this to be the case, the former PM’s remarks in Kiambu must have left the President with questions.