Why Gachagua's impeachment will boomerang on Ruto

If Gachagua doesn't go, the impeachment effort would become a vote of no confidence in President Ruto. [File, Standard]

However it ends, the Rigathi Gachagua impeachment effort is set to boomerang on President William Ruto. Ruto has boxed himself in a political cul-de-sac.

If his deputy falls, a wasteful three-year titanic power struggle for the Mt. Kenya region will kick in. Public participation in the impeachment saga suggests that Ruto has lost the Mountain. His local political buddies look set to fall with him. The feeling of betrayal is pulsating. Did Team Ruto underrate the ethnic sentiment and Riggy G's support in the region?