Is the Deputy President taking us back to the YK92 days?

As 2017 General Elections fast approaches, political events have been intensified across the country and one man who has been on the fore front is DP William Ruto. The Deputy President has held a series of meetings with different groups at his now famous Sugoi home as he try to consolidate backing for the yet to be registered Jubilee party. What has caught many eyes however is the manner in which the Deputy President has been going about the same, bringing back the YK92 memories.

YK92 was formed in 1992 and put under the stewardship of Cyrus Jirongo, then 31 years old, to galvanise youth behind Daniel Arap Moi’s re-election bid, which was then under severe threat as the country faced the first multiparty General Election – under a vigilant civil society and external observers. Fearful of losing his grip on power, Moi printed billions of shillings that were dished out to buy loyalty, triggering stratospheric inflation that took a decade to mop up.