Is the tide in Central turning against Ruto?

Deputy President William Ruto during the thanksgiving ceremony of Msambweni MP Faisal Bader at Ukunda, Kwale County.

The measured furore created by Senate Majority Leader Irungu Kang’ata’s public letter to President Uhuru Kenyatta on the political events in Central could be making way for a major onslaught against Deputy President William Ruto’s prospects in the region.

Kang’ata, the author of the letter, has kept a low profile even as theories abound as to the motive or planning around the letter, which triggered currents of political soul searching among the two major political groupings in the country.