I'm new to this forum. I'm intrigued by RV Pundit's MOAS.
Pundit, could you expound on the projected effect of the following phenomena:
1) The current govt claims to have to touched many lives during their 4.5 years in power -- 3.5m new Electricity connections, 3m title deeds, 700k inua jamii, free delivery for (a guesstimate of) 1m mothers, NHIF, SGR with fancy stations across Coastal and Ukambani regions (I have a Kamba friend whose NASA-leaning relatives made bank supplying sand from Makueni). NYS, new roads in NEP, Coast (especially) and Ukambani (2000km total), huduma centres, 14% interest rate caps, TVETs, free exams for 1m+ school kids, laptops, uwezo fund (700k youth allegedly)...
What effect do you think that had? Surely some of these people would be swayed to Jubilee's side? UhuRuto seem calculative enough to go for that effect.
2) Kipsigis comprise (I'm guessing) 30% of the Kalenjin vote. Losing a significant chunk of their votes could be semi-catastrophic for jubilee. Is Rutto much of a threat to UhuRuto? Do you suppose appointing Charles Keter (a kipsigis I believe) helped counter Rutto to some extent? Did Sossion's endorsement help Rutto/NASA at all?
3) Don't you think NASA will record higher turnouts given lessons from 2013? Was post-2013 registration friendly to NASA?
4) 12% for Jubilee in Machakos feels a bit low to me given MCC is Jubilee-affiliated. Another Kamba friend from there is a vocal jubilee supporter. She says a lot has changed during the last 4 years.
5) Has the corruption narrative stuck, and will it hurt Jubilee? A friend from Uganda was telling me (from hearsay of course) that he thinks Jubilee's has been by far the most corrupt regime in Kenya's history.
6) 4 governors, 4 senators and 30+ MPs defected to Jubilee. Do you suppose these defectors pulled any numbers to the Jubilee side?
7) Cabinet secretaries -- Jubilee has had a lot of visibility in NEP (Aden, Amina, Duale etc). Do you suppose this helps Jubilee significantly in NEP? Matiangi, will he pull any Kisii numbers at all?