Deputy President is desperately looking for new alliances after it increasingly became clear that Mount Kenya region may not support him.The signs of betrayal started showing out two weeks ago when President Kenyatta casually called him jamaa wa kutangatanga.
Over the past three months,the DP has been mapping out areas he may get support.He has identified Kalonzo Musyoka,Hassan Joho and several politicians from Western Kenya as his pointmen in Western ,Eastern and Coast. He is also courting Peter Munya and other politicians from Meru.
Ruto has started sampling his communication team.One of the key people he has won is Dennis Itumbi,who is now based at Harambee Annex which is Ruto’s office. He is also planning to appoint several Kisiis into his office.
But what are the chances of Ruto winning the presidency without Mount Kenya support?Zero!
You see,with Uhuru and Raila not on his side,Ruto will manage less than 7 million votes.Without any support,Ruto will only garner 4.5 million votes and if he gets Central,Kisii and Coast votes,the most he can get is 7.5 million votes.In case Raila and Uhuru backs Gideon Moi,GEMA will give Moi 5.5 million while Raila will come with 5 million.That means Gideon will be the president of Kenya from 2022.