The Nation raises this not to flatter Mr Kenyatta but because the way he wears power so easily is at the heart of his success as a politician – the name recognition, the fortune and right connections with sitting Presidents did not hurt – but even more important, the collapse of his relationship with his erstwhile political twin, Mr Ruto.
Those with more detailed knowledge of the two men would probably know better, but it appears that Mr Kenyatta might see Mr Ruto as having been a bad deputy, one who pursued his own burning political ambitions to the detriment of his boss’s agenda.
At the time, the country was awash with political tension after the leading opposition candidate, Mr Odinga, and other National Super Alliance leaders boycotted the ceremony after Odinga boycotted a repeat poll ordered by the Supreme Court, which had annulled Kenyatta’s victory.
The rapprochement between the two political leaders has become the source of acrimony between Mr Ruto’s allies and the Raila camp, which interpreted the move as a chance by Mr Kenyatta to renege on his promise to support Mr Ruto’s candidature for 2022.
Critics, especially from the DPs political camp, say that Mr Kenyatta’s dalliance with Mr Odinga could break up Jubilee Party, to which the president says:
“I have not reached out to break what we have.
