Not so long from now according to my good friend Arafat, the Uhuru Ruto story may read like this."The
whole theme of fate, story of sadistic political pleasure, scheming and
a game of survival in the new regime: President Kenyatta shall be
Commander in Chief, but Hon Ruto will not be deputy Commander in Chief.
President Kenyatta will strive to leave a legacy that is purely his, and
Hon Ruto's undoing would be to try and out-shine his master Uhuru
Kenyatta. Remember Ruto is brilliant, ambitious, energetic and will want
to demonstrate that he is a performer., so he will want to show
smartness. If such happens, not Uhuru but Uhuru's handlers and the
hidden "öwners" of the Uhuru presidency will tactfully work to deflate
Ruto. In this effort, they will want to portray Ruto as a "trophy"
political companion, aware that Uhuru desperately needed Ruto so as to
win the presidency but he doesn't need Ruto to sustain the presidency
and a legacy. At this point, Uhuru will start emerging as his own man
and top politician who is not necessarily using Ruto as political
crutches. If it gets here, the Kalenjin community will have a sense of
loss and feel betrayed a second time, with the conclusion that Ruto
misled them yet again. They will not want to trust him again. They will
start grooming and fanning a different youthful leader to rival Ruto. If
the elders distrust Ruto, then he would be an underling and his fate
would be like that of Julius Caesar. Uhuru then would be keen to spruce
up and work with such new Kalenjin leader with the support of Luhya,
Maasai and possibly coastal point-men. Uhuru's interest would be to
reduce Ruto's political muscle with a keen eye on winning the second
term."
Call it the wish of naysayers or just call it what you will but i think this is not so different from the real script we shall be reading within the year.
