President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto during the launch of Jubilee Party at Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi in Septemebr 2016. [File, Standard]
Deputy President William Ruto’s camp may have made a major tactical blunder. And in doing so, they appear to have helped their rivals working to seize control of the ruling party achieve their ultimate goal of denying the deputy president the Jubilee ticket for 2022 should he stay put.