Ruto and the riddle of the prodigal son who returned home to a big banquet

By Peter Kimani

A week, they say, is a long time in politics. It’s adequate for Eldoret North MP William Ruto to address a meeting in Ikolomani where bullman Boni Khalwale sings that Nusu Mkeka (half-carpet) ballad, and Ruto raps in by chiding a nation cannot be built on riddles.