OPINION: Why DP Ruto stands to benefit more from Big Four success

What was dubbed the ‘Last Mile Connectivity’ was one truism the often romanticised hunt for the vote was anchored on. And it delivered.

From pictures of, especially, Deputy President William Ruto in a mud-walled structure in Turkana to a barbershop and welding workshop in Kogallo, the running theme was the switching on of a light bulb courtesy of the Last Mile. Save for the not-so-honest criticism of electric light in the midst of striking poverty, the switch on indeed turned on quite a number of voters. I can bet at least a million of the votes Jubilee garnered in the two presidential elections last year were motivated by the connectivity.