Politics is propaganda.
The best propagandist win.
Please pay attention. I am offering free lessons here.
Trump as derided as he is is POTUS. He is extremely good in propaganda.
Ruto turned ICC upside down in 2013 together with Uhuru. Lesson no 1- you can turn anything around.
Ruto does not want to share power so much it make nonsense. That is why he opposed handshake from get go. That is why he got out of ODM.
Ruto is not keen on BBI - except maybe Official Opposition leader. For Ruto it's either PORK or Nothing.
Now the next phase is the battle of propaganda and wits.
BBI will have you talking points. Ruto will have his hustler nation.
We will see who emerge the winner.
All the evidence point at Ruto.
Ruto is the greatest political propagandist ever to grace our political scene. Raila is not far behind.
Ruto grew up selling KANU - the unpalatable - well after selling chicken - who mostly are sick chicken
Ruto now has momentum - for some time last year - Raila had grabbed and run away with BBI. It caught Ruto by suprised and thank goodness for CORONA.
Ruto mistake in BBI 1.0 was to accept and endorse it - which Raila turned it 360 and campaigned for it (while actually campaigning for BBI 2.0).
The lesson was learnt - Ruto will now oppose BBI from get go.
BBI is not usual paper MOU - katiba will be changed - and Kalonzos will go for MP. Kibaki got away with dishonoring NARC MOU because there was no legal basis for PM and whatnot. NASA of course did not win so it a moot point.
Mobutu position now is a conundrum- he cannot attract Mdvds, Johos while opposing BBI power-sharing. He cannot promise more devolution while opposing BBI. He cannot promise 1/3 MPs while opposing BBI. Kalonzos, Mdvds, Mutuas are already pro-BBI - it a better bet than anything Mobutu can offer. Basically governors, etc see BBI as golden parachute - they can retain status by angling for D/PM, CS, etc - regardless if they land those posts or get shortchanged. It better to be simple MP than retire.
Now tell us again why Kalonzo and Kamba would back Mobutu/No... it akin to voting against themselves. Get serious RV: you're believing your own spin. That fitina against expanded executive only sell in Kalenjin. Gusii, Luhya, etc crave end of RVGema monopoly of power aka inkluson. How they will reject more mbeca - billions to mashinani - to wait for Mobutu wheelbarrow is baffling. Mobutu has no winning formula - hustlers are not sheep - they will not pass 2 birds in BBI for 1 in Karen.