Why A Ruto, Mudavadi, Wetangula Coalition Might Be a Headache to Uhuru, Raila

Deputy President William Ruto is a resilient guy, no qualms about that. Many people who find themselves under siege like he has lately would have cracked under the weight of the onslaught he has been facing from his allies turned nemeses.

However your sentiments about him, one cannot help but admire the stoicism with which he bears the missiles directed at him and his office.

Do they get to him, absolutely. He is only human. The number of times pain was written all over his countenance in public has never escaped keen eyes. Under that veneer of calmness is no doubt, a man hurting inside while trying to figure a way out of the morass he finds himself in.

He is a man engulfed in loneliness, having been edged out by the two-timing cowards who played him. The visit to the Talai elders and the aftermath of the visit, having divided the Talai elders down the middle, only compound his miseries, entrenching the perception that he is as good as done.

From every possible angle, Ruto’s detractors seem to have the upper hand. They definitely have an elaborate plan to edge him out, but their success at every turn has compounded their greed and carelessness and that is where Ruto might get a lifeline.

Rather than focus on their primary target, they have spread their soldiers thin in a bid to annihilate other lesser opponents in a single wave of attack. In the process, they could have bitten more than they can chew and in a bid to swallow, they might just choke.

Their fight with Amani National Congress and FORD-K give Ruto the perfect opportunity to take a breather, review his options and possibly bounce back stronger.

Two years ago, Ruto pitched camp in Western where he used to plead with local leaders to stay by his side on his resolute march to State House 2022. Then, the timing was terrible and ill. Today, the timing is perfect. And Ruto should run with the chance.

The purge in Senate and National Assembly has left Luhya people bitter. The coup in FORD-K and the disturbances in ANC have been pegged on the nosy neighbors in ODM. While still feeling slighted and miffed, before they are foolishly sweet-talked into what will never benefit them, the people and leaders of Western should come together and join hands with Ruto while he, too, still feels the bitterness of being humiliated day in day out.

The trio would have nothing to lose by standing up to Jubilee and its machination, indicators of which show they bode ill for the community: By now, it is obvious that Ruto is a stowaway on the ship of Jubilee and could be fed to the sharks any time.

Jubilee owners could choose to impeach him or change the constitution to give the president power to fire his deputy. To think they cannot do this is living in denial. But the question is: Why should Ruto give them that satisfaction? The argument that he stands a better chance fighting from inside Jubilee is feeble, given the circumstances. Ruto should simply pull the rug from under them by resigning and teaming up with Mudavadi and Wetangula to create a formidable opposition. Doubtless, the March 9, 2018 handshake effectively killed the vibrant opposition that we had in Kenya.

Corona-virus and the way matters political are playing out should have alerted citizens to the reality that politicians don’t speak or act for them.

The Mulembe nation must unite behind its elected leaders, not people suspected to be advancing other people’s agendas at a price. Just imagine what power a united Western, half of the Rift Valley and parts of Nyanza (disillusioned by the status quo in their background) would wield.

Politicians at the helm of Kenya’s leadership have only succeeded in driving it deeper into a hole they help dig. Isn’t Mudavadi more of a manager than a scheming politician?

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