Ruto's a dog chasing his own tail.
The loudest cheers to his circus are in Central where ironically a signal from Uhuru would immediately mute the fans. In the swing zones the cheering has died down. If you want to know he's not in control see how desperately he reminds everyone that Uhuru is his boss anytime. Yet there have been multiple open verbal spurts. We see Uhuru undercut him in Maa with Tobiko in Mau. Uhuru sponsoring reconciliations to prop Joho. The Hajis leading Handshake and the war on corruption. He must think Kenyans are stupid.
In meetings in Central Ruto has to start by explaining that there's no fallout with the boss. He's suspicious of himself. The other day he had long arranged to meet Nyeri leaders at a posh Nanyuki hotel, all expenses paid, complete with sitting allowance. On the day Uhuru showed up impromptu and everyone heartlessly abandoned Ruto. It was like Uhuru meant to show who's the boss.