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President Uhuru Kenyatta (R) addresses a news conference next to his deputy William Ruto at State House, Nairobi, in July 2015. [Reuters]
I like to make comparisons between the dysfunctional relationship between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto with that of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and his presumptive deputy Gordon Brown.
In his biography A Journey, Blair looks back ruefully at the missed opportunities which probably could have prevented the all-out war with his deputy and perhaps saved them the energy to work and deliver and may be saved the Labour Party the embarrassing rout in the 2010 elections.
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