Agreed on Sakaja political career almost mirroring Ruto.
He has to focus first on making Nairobeans happy.
Everything else is secondary.
He has to deliver - he needs to work with Ruto closely - while being respecful of Raila & Azimio crew
He also has to find a way to work with GEMA - because they can sabotage his plan.
GEMA also need to realize they cannot threaten Sakaja - because they will give Sakaja free Azimio crew.
What they need is reconciliation meeting organized by Ruto for Sakaja and GEMA crew - but when it come to money/tenders/jobs - I dont see Sakaja giving Ruto then Gachagua then Ndidi then MCAs - that is going to leave him with nothing.
Like Ruto,Sakaja is very clever.
(1) Ruto started politics in 1992 as a youth operative and became deputy president in 2013.Thats a span of 20 years.He learnt that KANU was heading nowhere in 2005 dumped KANU He learnt Raila was heading nowhere in 2009 and dumped Him.
(2) Sakaja Joined politics in 2007.He became Governor 15 years Ruto.Like Ruto He started like Kibaki operative as a youth winger.He then learnt Kibaki was taking him nowhere and joined Uhuru to become Mp.He then learnt Uhuru was taking him nowhere and joined Ruto to become Governor of Nairobi 15 years later.In 2027 He will have a record of an active politician experience of over 22 years.In 2032 He will be in politics for 28 years.Ruto spent 30 years to become president from 1992.
That's a very comparative record.Both are very strategic.I think like Pundit has said...Sakaja need to use the 3BN he is stealing from Nairobi to make all MCAs in Nairobi be it Jaluo or Kikuyu happy and create a very strong network in Luhya and Kalenjin land.
As for GEMA,He need to share the stolen money with Gachagua Ndindi and Ichungwa too and their MCAs in Nairobi.They are the people who have Ruto 40% of their vote.That way with Luhya Kalenjin support and GEMA kickstart He will win Nairobi again in 2027 and become president in 2032.
Let us be honest.
1) Sakaja is in UDA.If he wants to be re-elected governor in 2027,He needs Gachagua and othe GEMA MCAs to win re-election in 2027.If GEMA sabotages him in 2027,He looses to the ODM candidate.
(2) He needs to share the stolen Money with Gachagua more than Mudavadi.If Azimio MCAs impeach him,Then the UDA senators can save him.Take a look at Meru, Majority MCAs are from Azimio, They partnered with UDA and impeached her but UDA senators saved her.So if in the worst case scenario Sakaja gets impeached in senate,Azimio and GEMA senators will rubber-stamp the impeachment because they know he is a threat.
(3) 2027 will be the beginning of a warfare in GEMA on who will be the next GEMA leader because Gachagua can't sell nationally.So we may have Ichungwa Vs wamatangi in Kiambu and Ndindi Vs Kangata in Muranga for gubernatorial elections.I don't know how strong Ndindi is but if can beat Kangata and Ichungwa looses to wamatangi,Ndindi will become the new Mt Kenya leader and can easily deputise Sakaja.So that said,Sakaja needs to keep an eye on Gachagua for protection in the senate and re-election and secondly Ndindi and Ichungwa for a possible running mate in 2023.
You have to think 20 years ahead.Ruto knew he couldn't be president in 2002 or 2013,So formed strong partnerships.If Sakaja steals 300MN monthly,100MN should go to GEMA without negotiation.