Kenya Kwanza manifesto: When the devil is not in the details

DP William Ruto (right) at the launch of Kenya Kwanza's manifesto at Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi on June 30, 2022. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

After suffering embarrassing backlash from the folly of attaching a date and number to a campaign promise few expected William Ruto, the Kenya Kwanza presidential candidate, would stake his candidature on a plethora of pledges.

Yet that is what he did at the launch of Kenya Kwanza’s manifesto. And it is what many of his diehard supporters - and the undecided-find enticing about The Plan. The reason why people hold Dr Ruto to his word (over the Jubilee manifesto in 2017) is because it committed to the number - of stadiums to be built, how much money to spend and by when.