Robina: 2022 will be very different and MOAS will be completely irrelevant because its based on Raila, vs. Ouruto tribal arithmetic 0f 2013. Even if Ruto were to run in 2022 and pick a running mate from central, nobody seriously think he will automatically inherit ouru's GEMA votes. Ruto cannot even guarantee himself the total Kalenjin vote. On the NASA side, if Raila steps aside in 2022 as expected, Kalonzo cannot guarantee himself the 2017 NASA tribal coalition votes. "other factors" will play a major role in shaping the 2022 than the tribal votes. Of course, after the 2022 elections one can always put together a tribal narrative painting a picture/table/bar chart etc depicting a tribal pattern of voting but that pattern will be unique to 2022 and will not be useful to predict the 2027 elections. The so called "other factors" will become more reliable in the near future for predicting presidential elections than tribes.
Kichwa's theory that the tribe will crumble post-Uhuru and -Raila is the primary reason I will be voting NASA for PORK. The Jubilee lineup - run meticulously by Ruto - is based purely on ethnic dealing. The NASA plan of Kalonzo taking over in 2022 will be dismissed if Raila wins. I calculate that a NASA win would upend the tribal arrangements in both camps :- Ruto goes back to the drawing board as Isaac and Gideon descend on him; Kalonzo eats humble pie as both the power sharing and handover fail to materialize. A NASA victory would be a disruption of tribal voting for the better. Now 2022 would be interesting. It feels like a fantasy sometimes.
There will be tribal formations in 2022 just as are now.
In 2002, Tribe was King. Tribal chiefs in Kanu bolted and the cake crumbled.
In 2007, Kalonzo stuck with his Kambas
In 2013, MaDVD ran with a serious chunk of Luhyas
In 2017, Babu has both Kalonzo's 2007 and MaDVD's 2013 chunk
In 2022, inability (if at all) of Ruto to marshal his bloc &/ Mt Kenya's failure to rally behind one won't make it less tribal; it'll only mean tribes will revolve around others on top of the current if not totally on others.
Tribes are not individuals, tribes rally around individuals, around their own