1. A majority of the defectors are new MPs. That renders your statement null and void
2. When many of these defectors came to run on ODM tickets we warned the leadership against them based on the known association with Ruto. Many of them were known Ruto people and it comes as no surprise. He bankrolled them - from Sarai, Jicho Pevu and so forth:
3. No region had more seats in the ODM leadership in and out of parliament like Coast. Some even used their ODM positions to work for Jubilee (Gideon Mung'aro).
What we have is a deputy president buying MPs for his war against his boss. It has nothing to do with ODM. Ruto has bought TNA MPs even close to Uhuru's bedroom. He has a war planned against Uhuru and like a hacker who installs malware in millions of computers, he has planned a massive attack - not on Raila or ODM - but on Uhuru Kenyatta. It is not ODM or Raila to worry. The man who should worry is Uhuru Kenyatta.
Their beef predates the handshake. You guys ought to have shared the mkia you got equally. Coast deserved 1/3 of all positions but they had to fight so hard for Jumwa to get somethings. Meanwhile Luo Nyanza with 30 mps took everything - Whips, Minority leaders, Chairmen of Comittees - you took basically everything in senate & parliament - you left Coast with nothing and that is genesis of their revolt. In Ruto they'll find someone reliable, predictable & loyal. Someone who truly cares. Luos after missing out power in 2017 - went for every little thing ODM had - un aware the likes of Weta and coast needed to eat too.
Of course you'll never listen to the real grievance preferring the popular line that these guys were bought.
If you did - these guys would be happy in the "handshake".