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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: audacityofhope on July 17, 2022, 12:31:22 AM
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By Herman Manyora | Jul 17th 2022
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/opinion/article/2001450515/william-rutos-ship-is-sinking-and-nobody-can-rescue-it-ahead-of-august-poll
Things are falling apart for the Kenya Kwanza Alliance under Deputy President William Ruto. The once overconfident and boisterous DP is now increasingly paranoid.
A few months ago, Ruto, like Amalinze the cat in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, was bursting with confidence and looking forward to the next match. He brushed off any individual and discussion highlighting the shortcomings of the electoral commission. He shouted from the top of his cars: “Learn to accept election results and move on.”
He claimed that even if the IEBC was given to Oburu Odinga, the brother of his opponent Raila Odinga, he would still deliver a resounding victory. How? “Because I have God and the people on my side.”
But truth be told, when he was making these hubristic claims he was the most popular presidential candidate. However, he forgot a fundamental rule as advised by Robert Greene. That in victory, know when to stop. Greene notes in his masterpiece, The 48 Laws of Power, that there is nothing more intoxicating than victory.
Ruto became drunk on his own success. And the popularity meant to aid his walk to State House became his greatest undoing. Recently, Ruto has turned into a crybaby not only disheartened that his ‘toy’ has been taken away but also paranoid of the next actions.
In four years, Ruto has painted a picture, for the public, that the presidency is his for the taking come rain, come sunshine. So we understand his paranoia when the public mood now seems to suggest otherwise. Be that as it may, we hold the view that, for Ruto, the biggest challenge wouldn’t be losing the August polls but dealing with the reality of Mt Kenya betrayal.
Having supported one of their own, President Uhuru Kenyatta, in 2013 and 2017, Ruto expected a quid pro quo. Ruto was confident of at least 85 per cent support from the mountain. He cut down to size any leader from the region aspiring to ‘replace’ him as the Mutongoria — leader. But because politics is dynamic and people of the mountain are said to be best at it, Ruto must now be shuddering to imagine that the mountain has slipped away. Further, he is faced with voter apathy in Mt Kenya. This means other than sharing a sizable percentage of his votes with Raila, thanks to Martha Karua effect, he won’t inspire a heavy turnout.
Second, is the fact that majority of the youth will have less say in the August contest. A KPMG audit on the IEBC register of voters reveals that the youth, aged 18 – 34, make up only 39.84 per cent of voters although they constitute about 29 per cent of the population. This means Ruto failed to inspire more than five million youth to register as voters despite the fact that they form majority of his support base.
Third, Ruto has been increasingly paranoid about ability of the IEBC to deliver free and fair elections. This is uncharacteristic of the man who boasted people and God on his side.
Further, Ruto has painted Raila as a ‘project’ of the status quo notwithstanding the fact that he is in the status quo. One might be forgiven to claim Ruto developed a split personality since his relationship with President Kenyatta went south.
On one hand, Ruto claims he is the deputy president, but on the other, he claims he was kicked out of government through the handshake. On one hand, he claims IEBC is incorruptible and that their win in 2013 and 2017 was not influenced, but on the other hand, he claims the State has an invisible hand in elections.
This paranoia has not only been directed towards the IEBC but also the media. Ruto has claimed that the media is biased and in ‘support’ of Raila’s candidature. The Media Council of Kenya has said indeed, Raila, between April and June, received 61.2 per cent coverage compared to Ruto who got 38.2 per cent coverage. The council has, however, not told Kenyans the percentages Ruto and Raila received in past four years.
Ruto is a creation of the media. The media gave life to his proposals by inviting discussions on effect of the then dynasty versus hustler narrative. And now that the media is equally interested in the Raila-Karua ticket, Ruto has become envious. This explains why the centre cannot hold for Ruto. This brings into mind the epic disaster that was titanic. A ship that, according to its captain Edward John Smith, ‘not even God could sink it’.
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Sounds like faint hearted wailing
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Herman Manyora is a paid Azimio river road professor. He has been predicting Ruto's doom from 2018. Manyora has dedicated his life to 'why Ruto is finished cause' from 2018 to now. Even barely 20 days to election, he still believes 'Kikuyus will NEVER fought for him' .What a consistently wrong paid madman! Samoei Ruto is way stronger than ever in RVGEMA and outperforming uncut old MZEE in NASA strongholds two and half weeks to election.
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Herman Manyora is a paid Azimio river road professor. He has been predicting Ruto's doom from 2018. Manyora has dedicated his life to 'why Ruto is finished cause' from 2018 to now. Even barely 20 days to election, he still believes 'Kikuyus will NEVER fought for him' ....
Why do you paint this as a unique behavior yet there is that character on this column who with even as you say 20 days to go to election, still predicts "Raila will be betrayed"? From 2018? handshake? ...
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Herman Manyora is a paid Azimio river road professor. He has been predicting Ruto's doom from 2018. Manyora has dedicated his life to 'why Ruto is finished cause' from 2018 to now. Even barely 20 days to election, he still believes 'Kikuyus will NEVER fought for him' ....
Why do you paint this as a unique behavior yet there is that character on this column who with even as you say 20 days to go to election, still predicts "Raila will be betrayed"? From 2018? handshake? ...
I guess you didn't know Raila has been betrayed all this long. Raila would do well without Uhuru, but now that they are joined to the hip, Kenyans will unload on them both. DP is the front runner mainly because Uhuru endorsed Raila, and yes, sir, that is the ultimate betrayal. Kenyans want a sober and energetic person who will move far away from Uhuru's policies of economic destruction. Get used to President Ruto mapema sana From Ukambani villages to Bungoma, Ruto is the King.
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I guess you didn't know Raila has been betrayed all this long. Raila would do well without Uhuru, but now that they are joined to the hip, Kenyans will unload on them both. DP is the front runner mainly because Uhuru endorsed Raila...
I am sorry sir, I haven't a clue where you are posting from but you are contradicting your party leader big time! You obviously haven't read today's media headlines in Kenya. Dont you find yourself silly that at a time WSR is begging nay pleadig to Uhuru to desist "from supporting Raila", you are saying the complete opposite that Uhuru is an albatross around Raila's neck?? Who do you want members to believe? You or Ruto? I didn't think you were this thick.
Deputy President William Ruto has asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to go slow on his support for Raila Odinga and let him square it out with the Azimio presidential candidate man-to-man.
In a near emotional plea, Ruto asked the President to step back.... "Sasa Uhuru Kenyatta ananisumbua ya nini?"
Read more at: Niwachie Raila ni deal na yeye, Ruto tells Uhuru (https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2022-07-16-niwachie-raila-ni-deal-na-yeye-ruto-tells-uhuru/)