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| Photo: Kenyan leaders Ruto, Uhuru and Raila (Standard.co.ke). |
In his
book; The Art of War, Chinese philosopher, military strategist and war philanthropist
Sun Tzu stated that he will win he who has better trained officers and men a
sage Kenya presidential hopefuls have put into practice.
Former
Agriculture Minister William Ruto has been laying ground for his 2022 course
since 2013 when he joined forces with Uhuru Kenyatta. Winning the country’s top
seat needs deep pockets, pragmatic strategies, extensive networks and great an
army the very ingredients Samoei is currently collecting.
His
enemies have tried to deflate his wheel but the man from Sugoi has managed to
remain politically a float. An opportunity had presented itself weeks ago and
would he have flaunted it, then his 2022 bid would have easily materialized.
Politically,
Agwambo and William are immiscible courtesy of their divergent ideologies. Since
2018 handshake, Raila has been working with his erst arch rival Uhuru Kenyatta
but the rumored bad blood between him and leaders allied to Kenyatta II nearly
threw Jaramogi’s son off the Handshake and BBI bus an intrigue that would have necessitated
Ruto-Raila Coalition.
Uhuru playing
Raila and Ruto at once would have been his greatest political miscalculation
for the two had started sending, ‘come-buddy-signals’ to each other. Assuming
the above reunion occurred, all Samoei needed was to negotiate to fly the flag
with Baba blessing his bid. Staking on their massive political statues and
influential capabilities, theirs would have been unstoppable a tsunami.
To spoil
Ruto’s chances, Uhuru ingeniously responded by gripping his elder brother from
going astray. This has verily denied William the much needed stone for his
sling. It would have been an easy win for the DP with Raila’s support but since
he has lost him, the second in command will have to work extreme harder to
carry the day. To him, Uhuru will remain to be perceived as a game spoiler.