DP Ruto’s lack of leverage over Uhuru will deepen Jubilee rifts

It’s clear to those with eyes and ears that the rift in Jubilee – the house that TNA’s Uhuru Kenyatta and URP’s William Ruto built – is as wide as the Gulf of Mexico. For the first term of the Kenyatta tenure, he and Mr Ruto behaved as though it was a co-equal executive. Ruto acted as though he had equal tenancy rights to the presidency.

The clues hid in plain sight – remember the matching red power ties and white shirts – jackets off and rolled sleeves – as the duo announced the first Cabinet? According to some analysts, that was a marriage of convenience. My own personal view was that Ruto had taken Mr Kenyatta hostage. No más.