What is adverse impact on other GEMA and Non-GEMA of picking yet another Kikuyu from Kiambu to deputize Ruto.
Ruto may gain maybe another 200K votes in larger Kiambu - but will definitely lose the propaganda war nationwide.
It will be very bad optics...Ruto is already contending with propaganda that PORK seem reserved to Kalenjin and Kikuyu.
For me Ruto best choice will have to come from Muranga or Mt Kenya East.
Muranga feel this their moment - if you understand that Kikuyu is three sub-tribe nation.
I think Kiambu numbers are inflated because of Nairobi - most of people living in Ruiru and Thika Town - accounting for half Kiambu votes - are not from Kiambu - they are mostly GEMA from Muranga, Nyeri, Merus, and non GEMAS.
So dont get carried away - Ruiru, Juja, Thika, Kikuyu, Kabete, Kiambaa, Kiambu Town - are not rural Kiambu (Githuguris, Gatundus, Limuru, Lari)
Those 3 (Thika,Juja,Ruiru) - account for nearly half - Kiambu votes - and they are not native kiambuans - but admixture of GEMA & Non-GEMA. They are going to flow with GEMA thinking. Uhuru will be competitive in the hinterlands of Njamaa - Githuguri-Gatundu-Lari -Limuru-Kikuyu - where native Kiambuans will listen to Kenyatta vibe.
Roughly speaking - about 0.5-6M are native Kiambus - about 0.3-0.4M are other GEMAs - about 0.2M (Non-gema - kambas,Luo& Luhya)
022 KIAMBU 111 GATUNDU SOUTH 75,858 140
022 KIAMBU 112 GATUNDU NORTH 67,598 126
022 KIAMBU 113 JUJA 114,761 184
022 KIAMBU 114 THIKA TOWN 147,323 230
022 KIAMBU 115 RUIRU 159,337 240022 KIAMBU 116 GITHUNGURI 99,384 174
022 KIAMBU 117 KIAMBU 80,730 132
022 KIAMBU 118 KIAMBAA 95,413 154
022 KIAMBU 119 KABETE 85,446 139
022 KIAMBU 120 KIKUYU 91,157 149
022 KIAMBU 121 LIMURU 87,258 153
022 KIAMBU 122 LARI 76,655 142
You are right , If Ruto wants to solidly get GEMA votes he needs to pick DP feom Kiambu.
Muranga , Nyeri ,Kirinyaga, Embu, Meru Tharaka Nithi and behind Ruto 90 % . Rutos problem is in Kiambu and Nyandarua (Influenced by Kiambu ) .If he can get someone brave who can fight Uhuru the better. Uhuru wont be able to do a 2002 where he got a substantial number of votew against Kibaki.