Please talk to people from the Mountain and ask them why they voted last time.

I am not so sure. I have a limited view as I can only speak of my local ground which is small. Muthamaki (1) squandered a lot of goodwill (2) his kin/companies took steps that hit dairy farmers hard for one. The overriding view is that Brookface or whatever was playing games to line his pockets and prices tanked. On some level this is similar to what Moi did with coffee. Then he played hardball with teachers. The anger is real and very deep. These people don't go shouting. He can't unring that bell. The political capital is spent

That could be true. All Presidents blunder. We gave Kibaki so many nicknames towards the end of his 2nd term. I repeat, the ground is not that solid. Neither is substituting Unye with Sugoi based on any sound reasons. It is like replacing a smaller tomato with a bigger one. So, the reality will hit the proponents of the thief hard.

true. how one can reason that the ground is bad for uhuru because of his leadership and then with a straight face say how ruto (his co-principal in the leadership) shall benefit baffles the mind. but we have seen this song before. there shall be lots of those there shouting and swearing to vote for ruto and then come the elections quickly pivot to vote for one of their own - some may need excuses (like something one of ruto's men/women would have said) while others wont event bother with excuses.

He will get a Nyumba running mate to address that. If he can get 60% turnout that will be sawa.

For odinga history keeps repeating itself with different narratives but same outcome

Until last week, the restive handlers were expecting a direct endorsement by Mr Kenyatta of Mr Odinga’s nascent, if not furtive, presidential ambitions in 2022, but when the President held a syndicated interview with Kikuyu-language radio stations, he made it clear that he would not be backing any of the politicians to succeed him at the expiry of his term next year.

For the ODM party brigade, that crucial presidential endorsement is now not on the cards. They must fend for themselves. In hostile territory infested with die-hard, loud and stubborn William Ruto backers.

Unease in ODM over handshake deal amid bid to oust Raila as Luo kingpin

Is this Sonko's or Kibicho's handwriting?

Nikubaya.

For Mt Kenya mafia Ruto is a different kettle of fish yaani you spend 3 days strategizing against him then he agrees with you

I think it was Arati that did the beating,... first he had the balls to slap the DP with a telling offin which Arati told him (the DP) to apologize to Kisii guys for killing them in Rift Valley! Then he slapped Osoro off the stage and onto the floor when he (Osoro) tried to defend the DP and attack Simba while grabbing the microphone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbnwq1JcAfE

Personally, I don't think Simba Arati has any admirable intellectual qualities. I mean, what he did in Dago was different from the Rift Valley story how? Lakini physically, it's another story,... in his verbal attack on the DP, he showed that his cojones are a size that few can match.