Why does a party in power have to make promises? Why not just do the shit and sell it as part of their record? Why the charade when they will get the vote of their tribes people even if Kenya had gone down the tubes?
Populism is an established downside to democracy. Everyone promises utopia. There is also a "tossup" 5M millennials whose voting pattern is yet to be established - they're firsts.
I have seen apprehension (veiled panic) in Jubilee as the judiciary has reigned in the IEBC. Swing votes in this regard have become an imperative hence the focus on the 5M.