President William Ruto may have called for bipartisanship among MPs to fulfill his agenda during his inaugural address to Parliament on Thursday, but he is hardly naive to expect full support of Opposition MPs.
The President had known long before August 9 that it is safer to have a majority in Parliament to implement his agenda, which only comes from building a large political formation that incorporates allies from across the country.
It is a tried and tested strategy that Ruto is deploying by rallying a bigger following around himself, which comprises old and new allies. He wooed his new friends as soon as he was declared president-elect.
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