1) 36% was worse case scenario - 40% is realistic scenario.
Nope. 36% is the realistic scenario or base case. We are most likely to have a 3-horse race.
a. For one, logically Raila will definitely bolt by late 2026. He needs ODM numbers to continue nusu mkate kalongolongo after 2027.
b. Second Raila disciples and groupies need ODM to win down-ballot elections so a coalition that lets in competitors will be vehemently opposed.
Best case is Ruto-Raila pre-election deal - not likely because of above a and b above and the terrible history of MOUs and betrayal in Kenyan politics.
But where do you get 40% if Ruto alone is 36%? I have not seen your MOAS for this scenario.
Worst-case is Raila-Kalonzo backed by all of GEMA. This is unlikely because Uhuru and RiggyG have divergent interests: Uhuru Jubilee is offering Raila support - RiggyG is seeking to dethrone Raila as opposition kingpin.
You are smart enough not to confuse the apparent from the real. But you are being disingenuous.
2) 23% - yet almost 20% voted for Azimio (nearly 1 million votes) - that would make GEMA what 30% of our votes
- at best they were 24-25%. Work with 25% times 80% = 20%.
Okay.
3) Raila will not run unless he is winning. He aint leaving 50% of GOK including energy and finance - for kamikaze run. He will only run if Azimio regroup plus Gachagua and make him candidate. Chance of that happening is low.
Raila MUST run to maintain ODM bargaining chip. Running is 2027 not now - perhaps start late 2026. That gives him at least 1 more year of eating.
Ruto cannot fire him right now and is bending over backwards with Profs Makau and Oloo chairing ad hoc Nadco or victim committees. These committees are ad hoc (by mere executive order not backed by any law) so Ruto can dismantle them later when it suits him.

Ruto-Wanga Kenya Mpya ticket won't float. ODM would go burst as we see the squabbles already.
4) Kalonzo must run or become Ruto deputy. Maybe he can be Raila deputy if Raila will die soon otherwise at 74yrs - he only has 5yrs.
Kalonzo is firmly in Team RiggyG - this is typical katikati hyena behavior - cause RiggyG is not elligible. Why would Kalonzo leave clear PORK shot to back Ruto? His open rejection of Ruto offer indicates there is no 411 or whiff of RiggyG backing Raila. The man is a hyena and visionless but has a few functional gray cells. His twitter handle is probably still "Stephen Kariuki Musyoka".

Cut him some slack.
5) You're overrating riggyg - first he wont fly outside Nyeri-embu runaway - secondly he is impeached and wont run and be appointed - kikuyus will not bank on such person - hasira itaisha - and they are sobering up - and may realize it better to stick with Kindiki. Ruto has lots of UDA latent support bado.
I am objective. RiggyG is inelligible has pros & cons
Pros - this makes Kalonzo, Matiang'i, Eugene, etc stick to him like glue.
There is a
free PORK and DPORK slots open with Gema support. Only a fool would leave this chance. Forget Kalonzo joining Ruto.
Cons - makes it harder for RiggyG to nail Gema.
Soprano should be running this narrative but he is obviously impotent fool. Ndindi Nyoro can run and say look, there is no other Gema running. But RiggyG A game is ahead of them so far. He has poisoned Gema with lethal Black Mamba anti-Ruto venom. In Meru he is more Meru than Soprano. Now he is saying he has left Mt Kenya in JB Muturi custody - propping him - cause of Mbeere byeleciton. He claims new parties popping up are Ruto-sponsored - this is aimed at Moses Kuria and Ndindi. Such adroit jujitsu was only run by Ruto before.

In any lineup say Kalonzo-Eugene - RiggyG will be given PM and 50% slice. kenyans voted for ICC indictees and they are no smarter today than then. Politics is all about spin and narrative.
I don't see it but let us see if Soprano, Ndindi and Kiunjuri can manage to gain clout. Ichung'wa is already deadwood.
Ruto UDM/URP faced so many problems and vicious battles with all Biwotts and Kosgeys and Ole Kamwaros - I don't see why you think RiggyG is any worse off.
6) Dont write off Uhuru - Jubilee will attract those who dont like RIggyG or Ruto - and they are many. Esp in Kiambu-Nakuru part.
Events will tell us soon.
My own opinion - fatso Uhuru lost the kingpin mantle to RiggyG in 2022. RiggyG deftly moved the cheese to Ruto - and now has all but taken it back. This is akin to Ruto-Kalenjin 2007-2013 where Ruto moved Kalenjin to Raila to TKO Moi - then back to himself. RiggyG vs Uhuru is no different from Ruto vs Moi. MIA Muhoho is much more pitiable than useless Gideon.
Wake me up when Raila-Muhoho is handed to Ekethon. What make it better than Raila-Karua?