Precisely. With Jubilee emptying out to UDA - I think Uhuru is going to negotiate very soon - if he is already not doing that behind the scenes. Jubilee is empty, he is becoming more lameduck, and ground is Ruto.
Bubu has no money to match Ruto - seems he is gone to beg in Dubai.
Kenyatta to match Ruto deep pocket - mean basically spending 10B kshs - to finance a proxy who will turn 360 on them - never gonna happen.
Once Bubu is dropped by Uhuru - Ruto will win by 70 percent.
DP is wildly popular in Bungoma and Trans Nzoia regions. If he was on the top of the ticket in 2013 and 2017, the margins of victories would have been huge for Jubilee. As a non-okuyu, Ruto is wildly popular in most parts of Kenya. Even in Nyanza, in the absence of 'bubu', Ruto can easily take Luo Nyanza by storm. Uhuru won thrice because of Ruto's muscle with the people! And 'Bubu' won and came close in 2007 because of Ruto muscle! With 7 Billion currently at hand, he will sustain a relentless campaign for 9 months fueling choppers, cars, funding hustlers, donating to mama mbogas, and doing everything needed to win. Raila and the system will have to go into serious debt to compete with him!