Curse of ruling parties: Can UDA overcome and go beyond 2027?

When President William Ruto unveilded UDA manifesto ahead of the 2022 General Election. [File, Standard]

Sometime in September last year, a bullish President William Ruto shared his dream to have his United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party last a century.

It was the same plan that former President Uhuru Kenyatta had for the Jubilee Party, of which Ruto was a co-founder, before disintegrating after his handshake with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.