Ruto doesn't need BBI - just like Uhuru didn't need BBI to win twice. Uhuru is trying to throw the ladder away.
BBI is critical for NASA brigade.
For Ruto - Jubilee coalition has the winning formulae - combine RV+GEMA - and few tops up - you're 50% plus one.
That is why Ruto is not keen on BBI - because he settled on running RV+GEMA coalition.
Now if BBI doesn't happen - before 2022 - it will be just like 2013/2017 - with NASA brigade promising each other non-existent positions.
Hustler Nation is good cover for Kalenjin/Kikuyu ball game.
30% is a fair shot - but a loss is a loss and bad optics. It tough to convince anyone that hustler anthem is popular now in places like Bukusu or Gusii after the rout.
The bug in your BBI analysis is you give all credit to Uhuru and not Raila. Uhuru anaenda Gatundu - but senile Babu poisoned him and entire machinery against Ruto. The success of tribalism over class is the real war that Ruto is losing bad. It is why he is watermelon - because he has nothing to offer Kalonzos without BBI. Raila can scorn them but they still hold BBI zoom with him.
You should worry about Ruto conundrum - the difficulty to turn from BBI naysayer to yes - he is stuck at watermelon.
Hustler Nation has forced all opposition and gov to unite - and promote tribalism. That is how powerful it is - that Uhuru running gov - has rallied the entire opposition to stop it.
Muthama is big asset to Ruto. If he brings in 30% - Ruto would have won.
Just like Ruto won in Kibra -
But of course for naive person like you - you see battles - and you don't see the war!!!!!!!
Right now it easy for them to balkanize the country into tribal enclaves..but come 2022 - they will have deal with who HEADS the ticket and the fallout.