Why coups are no longer fashionable in Africa

Army soldiers wait to escort envoys from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the Guinea crisis as they arrive to discuss ways to return the country to constitutional order after soldiers ousted President Alpha Conde in Conakry, Guinea, September 10, 2021 [Reuters, Souleymane Camara]

ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi recently warned that the gloomy relationship between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto would affect and divide the disciplined forces.

I thought it was a reckless statement by a national figure and since then, there has not been any meaningful reaction to it. I would like, therefore, to clarify a few things concerning that kind of thinking.