Today, President William Rutoโs main critics are his former ardent advisors and supporters whilst his diehard defenders are his former sworn enemies. It cannot be that Prof Njuguna Ndungโu is dishonest and unwise and that Peter Kaluma is forthright and a genius. Evidently, the President has lost the People.
Calling the opposition an "existential threat" right after Sifuna flooded Bungoma isnโt Strength, itโs pure psychological panic.๐จ
Let me explain
โRuto is copy-pasting Bidenโs US rhetoric, but hereโs why itโs collapsing:
โ1๏ธโฃ Amygdala Hijacking: When your economic record is indefensible, you stop arguing policy and start targeting survival instincts. "Protect the children" is just a smokescreen to distract from taxes and unpayable living costs.
โ2๏ธโฃ Desperation via Loss Aversion: When you can't show performance, you weaponize fear. If you can't sell results, you tell people the alternative will destroy them.
โ3๏ธโฃ The Shrinking Base: Radicalizing your language doesn't win over angry Kenyans, itโs a desperate attempt to cage a dying base through fear.
But its already late.
โStrong leaders sell vision.
Failing ones sell paranoia.
And this is what kasongo is.