Why referendum push may trigger fallout in Jubilee

President Uhuru Kenyatta greets DP William Ruto during the Presidents inauguration for a second term at Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi. (File, Standard)

The murmurs triggered by the March 9 handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and NASA leader Raila Odinga are snowballing into a major fallout in Jubilee.

With the rebirth of change-the-constitution movement, emergence of an assertive president protective of the handshake, advent of succession caucuses and the stomping of feet by Deputy President William Ruto, the heir apparent to Kenyatta, the writing is on the wall.