Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and President William Ruto during burial of the former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at Bondo on October 19,2025.[Benjamin Sakwa/ Standard]
The seeming gradual resurgence of former President Uhuru Kenyatta's popularity among ordinary Kenyans appears to be creating nervous butterflies in President William Ruto's stomach and worry within his broad-based government.
His partners in the entity are today brooding over the role Uhuru may play in the lead-up to the 2027 presidential elections after experiencing several warm receptions that the former president has received at various public gatherings.