There are two pathways to power; constitutional and unconstitutional one.
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| Photo: DP William Ruto (Twitter/William Ruto). |
Should there be nor variables, Kenyans will on 9th August 2022 throng various poling stations to elect leaders who will steer the wheel between 2022 and 2027. Since there is nothing new under the sun, big names will call quits from their corporate jobs to venture into politics.
Politicians will stage well oiled campaigns and use whatever ingenious and underhand tactics to get power. Many politicians appear as saints but immediately they romp to victory, they reveal their ugly inner, this Mahatma Gandhi did warn us about through his famous; The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.
Anti-Ruto crusaders have described him as a selfish and power hungry a leader and this projects him as dangerous a candidate. Hitherto, William has marked himself as a ruthless go-getter who will stand at nothing but his destination. The fact that he has remained upfront amidst tribulations shows an acme of his determination.
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Assuming Ruto's first presidential shot hits a dead end, will he concede and extend his arm to the victor? Literally, there is plan B to everything. Will the man from Sugoi adopt plan B to gain power? Probably, probably not.
Tell me your friend and I will tell you your character so goes the famous quip. In his circle of friends, Ruto has friends whose history is not that charming to ears. Can that be used to characterize William? Refer to the aforenamed maxim.
There are two pathways to power; Constitutional and unconstitutional one. The former is constitution bound but the later involves backdoor tactics and more often, bloodshed, destruction of properties and chaos are the recipes.
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Paul Kagame are presidents of Uganda and Rwanda respectively. The duo shares a number of political ideologies and their exists parallelism in their style of politics. Ruto happens to be the only Kenyan leader the two follow on their Twitter accounts, why Ruto?
Before venturing into politics, Museveni was a military man and this he capitalized on to topple Idi Amin's government (1971-79) and Milton Obote (1980-1985). In those battles, Kagame who was seeking asylum in Uganda played a role in installing Museveni as Ugandan president the position he has refused to relinquish since then.
His friend also rose to echelons of power in 2000 and since then, he has tightly held Rwandan baton. The two have been described as repressive and 'benovelent' African presidents.
Museveni and Kagame's forces took part in installing Laurent Kabila as Zairean president. Now let us hypothesize together, these veteran war marshals have history of uninstalling and installing their accomplices as presidents, will they? Likely, likely not.