Tough options for Ruto as 2022 succession contest jolts Jubilee

Deputy President William Ruto consoles Lukudo Nachilemb, daughter of the late Zambia High Commissioner Brenda Muntemba, at their residence in Nairobi yesterday.

Internecine wars in Jubilee and the newfound comradeship between President Uhuru Kenyatta and NASA leader Raila Odinga have complicated 2022 succession politics.

Caught up in this conundrum is the Deputy President William Ruto, who was thought to be President Kenyatta’s heir apparent, an arrangement his allies claim was reached in the run up to the  2013 elections.