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Can Uhuru survive Ruto without a night of the long knives?

President Uhuru Kenyatta with his deputy William Ruto at an event on July 17, 2019.

 

It was long sensed that President Uhuru Kenyatta’s second term would somehow lapse into 'lame-duckship' owing, not to some weakness, but his Deputy William Ruto’s go-getting spirit.

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