It's actually Ruto who had no choice.
Ruto was 20yrs old kid in 1990 - when Moi decided to take UON kids to Japan
Raila by 1990s was 40yrs old.
By 1997 he had lots of choice.
He would have stayed with US in opposition, united with Kibaki, wamalwa and Ngilu, and kept gov in toes,
In went to Moi - became a minister - and started looting,
His first looting was Molasses. Moi gave him 500M gift of Molases plant in 1999 - and he was damaged.
Hii fala kweli ni mpaya kwa siasa.
Raila's reasons for joining Kanu were very understandable. He had no choice. Objective observers know this very well.
As for Ruto, he was actually a Kanu thug!