True, Uhuru and Ruto need to intervene. It seems the people are speaking but these two are not reading the signs. My opinion is if swing communities insist in OPENLY alienating themselves, it may not be very good now or 2022. Uasin Gishu guys had chosen Mandago but WSR seems to be vouching for Bzki in the back scenes...

Relax. It's nothing. Mandago and a cabal of current MCAs want to maintain the status quo. Nandis are squarely behind Mandago. Keiyos, who are a minority, backed by non-Kalenjins, are backing Buzeki. It's a case of evil versus good but it will be over soon.

Kalonzo: How we tricked Uhuru and Jubilee to miss debate
The new "bei ya unga"!

I thought eldoret/Uasin Gishu is very cosmopolitan being the 5th largest town in kenya with 3 universities, referral hospital, central bank, all major banks, industries etc etc. There must be thousands of immigrant workers. So why single out just one community...and talk to the others to vote for you?

Yesnyewe Uhuru really messed up by not showing up last night. I wonder who advised him on this? If he losses this election, this will be traced to the day he showed the middle finger to Kenyans. I hope he does.

RAO on the other hand finally got his chance to look Presidential and really showed his statesmanship credentials. He even gave up easy opportunities to really hammer an absent Uhuru (I felt his take on corruption was rather tepid). But who can forget his spirited defense of both himself and Uhuru from the accusation that their families have captured Kenyan politics?

In my opinion his many miscues and problem with lighting actually humanized him, especially when he explained the genesis of his poor eyesight - detention. The Raila ogre that Jubilee have been desperately trying to paint was slain last night.

Will this turn the tide? I am doubtful. I still can't see RAO's path to dislodging the GEMA/Kalenjin voting juggernaut. But I believe he will come out of this competition the better man and his future as a respected senior statesman is largely made.