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Will Deputy President Ruto’s defiant stance affect his 2022 bid?

By Thomas Moraira | 4yrs ago

Deputy President William Ruto and Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu. [Standard]

Deputy President William Ruto’s attitude is what is inexorably taking his political career to the grave.

He is the exemplification of the saying; power has gone straight to one’s head.

From the way Ruto conducts himself, it is either that he acknowledges he is going nowhere and can therefore afford to be reckless knowing there nothing to lose, or he simply lacks the intelligence to know when to attack or retreat as situations warrant.

Even the bravest warrior has his fears and would once in a while take a break.

Ruto shows open defiance to President Uhuru Kenyatta, the same man he expects to champion his cause by rallying Central region behind him in 2022.

Whereas the president has called a stop to what is clearly early campaigns, Ruto would have nothing of it and does the opposite.

Every move the president and authorities entrusted with fighting corruption take is countered by the Ruto camp, which leaves many wondering whether he cares about Kenyans.

In particular, while the March 9, 2018 handshake sits well with President Uhuru Kenyatta, opposition leader Raila Odinga and Kenyans in general, Ruto has wasted no opportunity to throw barbs at the arrangement and trading veiled insults with Odinga over ideological differences.

These cannot endear him to those whose support he needs to become president.

What Ruto must acknowledge, even grudgingly, is that an Uhuru/Raila and other political heavy weights combination is something he and his followers will never overcome in a million years of trying.

Ruto should sit back and rethink his options if he is to go anywhere.

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