The 2027 race is shaping up to be Kalonzo versus Ruto.
Rigathi has very little room to manoeuvre. No matter the noise, the political reality is that Mt Kenya is likely to vote for Kalonzo if the opposition remains united. That alone puts Ruto in a very difficult position.
There is also the possibility of a last-minute national wave against Ruto. Kenyan elections can shift very fast when pain, anger and fatigue mature at the same time. If that wave comes, it will not remain confined to one region.
Interestingly, Kalonzo could even raid Luo Nyanza if the opposition handles the politics properly. He may not need to win it outright, but getting a serious percentage there, even 50 percent or more in some areas, would completely change the arithmetic.
That is why Ruto’s position is tougher than many people imagine. His path depends on opposition disunity, regional confusion and voter apathy.
If the opposition stays united, avoids childish ego wars and presents Kalonzo as the calm transition candidate after a hard season, Ruto cant win even if he rigs.
Kenyan politics moves in cycles.
After Moi, many Kenyans were tired of the hard state, fear, intimidation and heavy-handed leadership. Kibaki benefited because he looked calmer, softer and less threatening. The country wanted breathing space after years of political pressure.
That is why leaders perceived as soft or weak should not always be dismissed. Sometimes that softness becomes exactly what the country is looking for.
When people are tired of chest-thumping, arrogance, police violence, economic pain, threats, abductions and endless confrontation, they may not look for another hardcore operator. They may look for someone who lowers the national temperature.
Every hard season eventually creates demand for a softening season.
A wounded country does not always want another fighter. Sometimes it wants a calm face, a safer hand and a leader who does not look like he wakes up every morning looking for enemies.
So before dismissing leaders perceived as soft, people should ask whether Kenya is entering that cycle again.
Because in politics, weakness can become electability when the country is tired of being beaten by strength.
It didn't take the collapse of more than 10 buildings in Nairobi for him to act.
It didn't take the loss of lives, loss of livelihood and injuries for him to act.
It took the bursting of his corrupt friend with cash money for him to act.
Until another tragedy, Sakaja will not proactively act to prevent disaster in the urban planning of Nairobi.
2027 it will be Kalonzo vs Ruto but why is Kalonzo silent on debt, unempolyment and other bad things? Why are options always this narrow for Kenyans? If Kalonzo intends to borrow like Ruto, let him say it and be honest
Kenyan police allowed Arsenal fans to gather and disperse peacefully but they never allow the same youth to protest against the government without killing some
Imagine you've gone to a police station to see your son who was arrested,
Only for the police to usher you into a room where a chaplain and a counselor are sitting for counseling yet you still don't know what you are being counseled for.
Brian Njunge Ndung'u was killed inside the Kiambu Police cells.
I rule out suicide!
I wish the energy on Nairobi streets today was for Missing Kids, Fuel Prices, or rejecting Finance Bill 2026.
But nah, We have dances for colonial football.
Our priorities are misplaced as a country.
If he gets 100,000 votes he will have to explain to us where exactly he got them from! We will not accept any voter irregularities in 2027. Not this time we can’t afford to give him another 5 years to run this country.
Nikupee reason ya kutokea Monday ?
1. Rent increment
2.KRA access to mpesa statements
3.Transaction cost increment
4.Phones will become expensive to purchase
5.MTumba clothes increment
6.Bundles will become more expensive
Ni hayo Tu kwa sasa🖐️😔
How can a poor third work country called Kenya spend Kshs 1.1 trillion in just 9 months on tea, mandasi, samosa, workshop/seminars in Mombasa and air tickets?
Murkomen says Kenyans are protesting fuel at 242 KSh because William Ruto is president.
Then asks why people didn’t protest when fuel was 135 KSh under Uhuru Kenyatta.
What kind of logic is that?
So now Kenyans are not suffering because fuel is 242 KSh, they are suffering because William Ruto is president?
That is what Murkomen wants people to believe.
Instead of explaining why fuel, electricity, transport, and food prices keep rising, he asks why Kenyans didn’t protest when fuel was 135 KSh.
What kind of leadership answers economic pain with tribal politics and victimhood?
Kenyans are angry because life is becoming unbearable.
Not because of tribe.
Not because of politics.
Because survival itself is getting harder every month.
And this idea that people must stay silent today because they tolerated bad policies before is nonsense.
Did Kibaki ever cry that criticism existed because he was president?
Did Uhuru reduce every complaint to “they hate me”?
Reduce fuel prices.
Stop manipulating Kenyans.
Stop dividing the country to defend failed policies.
Clueless CS Mbadi; If the road maintenance levy we to be removed , would matatu operators be willing to drive on roads full of potholes?
Meanwhile the roads;
What do we even have to show for this 13 Trillion debt?
No worthy schools
No hospitals
Terrible roads
Weak purchasing power
Highest Unemployment rate
No thriving manufacturing industry
No food security
No infrastructure
No Nothing!
Wameiba yote,alafu tuwalipie!
The Presidency was a job too high for Ruto. Everyday since he became President, he has demonstrated that he had no experience and lacks the skills and intelligence for the job some Kenyans gave him.