[quote=hardwood]
He is being told politely..."hey chief you have lost and you have lost squarely and no excuse can change that fact. Go home". The old man does not get it.

Wambora extends his lead to 581 votes. 3 polling stations remaining

my prediction is that the mount kenya voting block will gradually split if ruto does become president in 2022-2032. alot can happen between now and then but no one in the region is looking like a clear leader especially given the defeat of peter kenneth.

ruto being the shrewd politician he is, one of the primary goals of his presidency will be to make sure there doesnt emerge a threat to him in mount kenya during his presidency. he'll support multiple competing leaders. he'll be good to mount kenya especially in his first term to make sure there isnt a groundswell of resentment that could create a competitor to his interests.

he'll however also build new alliances across the country to reduce his dependence on any remaining mount kenya block in his second term or for his preferred successor. there's no guarantee that ruto will prefer to be succeeded by a kikuyu or a person from mount kenya.

uhuru will certainly not endorse any kingpin in mount kenya given how that will be interpreted in rift valley. at the national level, uhuru will have to lie low politically until circa 2030 by which time his relevance in central kenya politics will have diminished dramatically. he will have nowhere near the central kenya influence he has today. central kenya will be back to the era of multiple leaders a.la matiba vs kibaki vs ruto's kamothos

embu and especially meru region will gradually break away if the kikuyu elite fail to throw their weight behind a meru/embu becoming ruto's running mate or successor.

Mount Kenya block is not splitting any time soon during Ruto's tenure. Moi himself tried that from 1978...and for the next 24 years it was hell for this region. Even Ruto himself knows that he cannot ignore the 4.5m votes and he will do anything possible to retain it.

Like i told you, if their economic and social interests are threatened and a leader emerges who can lead them (not the baba style), the block is simply his. Think of Matiba and Kibaki...

Wambora extends his lead to 581 votes. 3 polling stations remaining