Follow-up Part 5
Tourism & Wildlife- Pete Ondeng
Water & Sanitation- Raphael Obonyo
Lands- David Kenani Maraga
Health- Competent person from Minority tribe
Defence- Competent person from Minority tribe
Roads & Transport- Mithika Linturi
The NIS playbook:
Introduce one very outrageous clause in the Finance Bill that everyone focuses on, then drop it due to a "leader who listens", only for the other equally outrageous clauses that no one focused on to pass without impediments.
On the issue of opposition uniting, there are two categories of people with contrarian opinions.
1. Tutam Brigade- these are either declared or closeted Tutam supporters. They want to use the unity of opposition to declare that they'd rather support Ruto. Most of these were planning to support him anyway, whether they'd made it known or not. A lot of them are on a payroll and have been specifically instructed to make noise and try to inspire divisions in the opposition by stating that "If Maraga, Sifuna or so and so works with the united opposition, I'd rather support Ruto" they think they are clever.
2. The second is the idealistic brigade. These ones believe that they can support a candidate on twitter and that automatically translates to votes. It is not wrong to wish that all Kenyans would rally behind Sifuna or Maraga or Omtata without being mobilized by their respective tribal leaders. It is not wrong but it is UNBEARABLY naive. Even in 2002, KANU orphans had to all unite to beat Moi's candidate. Ruto is much smarter and more ruthless than Moi. Beating him in an election is never going to be easy. He has state resources and he has loyalties running back to 1992. He has the entire provincial administration structure at his beck and call. Meanwhile these idealistic morons will not even volunteer to be election observers. They will queue for a few minutes, vote and go back to their kilimani apartments. Many will turn away if they see that the queue is long.
Those who understand politics or have done this before, know full well that there is an uphill task ahead. It will be messy and noisy and there will be political casualties. Those who understand how the political game is played know that the opposition MUST unite or lose.
“The regeneration of the African race can only be effected by its own efforts, the efforts of its own self, whatever aid may come from other sources; and it must in this venture succeed, as God leads the movement and his hand guides the way.”
- Martin Delany ❤️💚🖤
The only strategy that will work is to defeat Ruto with so many votes that rigging will not be an option. And that includes making sure he gets the least number of elected MPs imaginable. Only unity against Ruto will deliver that.
Shida ya Africans ni kuwa shortsighted. Kalonzo Musyoka is the next president. Nothing has changed. He is the present. Edwin Sifuna is the future. He can become president after Matiangi. He can also be a good counterbalance to Kalonzo & Matiangi. Think ahead. Support Sifuna 100%.
If you feel disappointed by Sifuna, pls endorse your father for presidency. He’s also a man like him. Msitusumbue na upuzi. There are no saints in politics. So all forces must unite against Ruto.
In 2002, Moi wasn’t defeated by saints. It took a messy coalition of rivals, former insiders, opportunists, reformists, businessmen, old guards and people who didn’t even trust each other fully.
That’s the uncomfortable truth about power.
If Ruto is to lose in 2027, it probably won’t happen through a perfect opposition made of spotless people. It will require a united front bringing together almost every major political force including some of the very people Kenyans dislike today.
Politics is rarely about choosing angels. Most times, it’s choosing the coalition strong enough to shift power.
@ReubenKigame Gradualism is more viable at this point in time in enabling more young people and politically untainted people to be part the next regime as a preparation for the desired fresh leadership. Have the young people and politically untainted ones learn the ropes of state machinery.
Looking forward to being in Nairobi, Kenya to contest the France-US summit of imperialists through the Pan Africanism Summit Against Imperialism. For more info, go to https://t.co/QoKAq88Ytk. @CommunistsKe
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