It’s against this backdrop that President Ruto this week dismissed those clamouring for crowning as regional kingpins, dismissing the ongoing talk as baseless. The Head of State choice of words and place to weigh in on the regional kingpin debate speaks volume. “Kenyans should realise that winning political re-alignments do not happen four years to elections, the best winning alliances are crafted three to four months to elections not now. Jubilee Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni attributed the re-emergence of regional political caucuses to the earlier remarks by Mr Gachagua about ‘shareholding’ in Kenya Kwanza government. “These groupings could be acting as a form of evaluation of their political past and seeking to make political realignments.

Source: Daily Nation November 05, 2023 15:10 UTC