Ruto does not need Uhuru Kenyatta back in the picture because he expects Kikuyus to suddenly run back to him. That ground has largely shifted, and even the regime knows it. The real target is not Kikuyus. The real target is the rest of Kenya.
Ruto wants other communities to look at Mt Kenya politics and say, “Look at how Kikuyus are against him.” He wants to create the impression that his biggest problem is not bad leadership, corruption, overtaxation, police brutality, abductions, broken promises or economic pain, but a coordinated Kikuyu rebellion led by the old regime.
That is why Uhuru is so useful to him.
Rigathi Gachagua alone cannot give Ruto that national fear card. After the fallout, Rigathi mostly represents betrayal, impeachment and Mt Kenya anger against Ruto. He is now a reminder that Ruto fell out with the same people who helped carry him to power.
Uhuru is different because Uhuru carries a much bigger political image. He can be packaged as dynasty, handshake, deep state, old regime, state capture and the people who allegedly never accepted Ruto’s presidency. Once Uhuru is pushed back to the centre of the conversation, Ruto can stop defending his record and start warning the rest of Kenya that “they” are coming back.
And this is where Rigathi becomes very interesting.
Every time Rigathi loudly defends Uhuru, praises Uhuru or appears to politically rehabilitate Uhuru, he helps Ruto build the exact picture Ruto wants the rest of the country to see. He helps sell the image that Uhuru and the Mt Kenya establishment are regrouping against Ruto ahead of 2027.
That is why this thing may not be innocent.
Rigathi resurrecting Uhuru politically may look like Mt Kenya unity on the surface, but it also serves Ruto’s national strategy perfectly. It helps Ruto tell other tribes that the Kikuyu political class is ganging up against him, so they must compensate for the votes he has lost in Mt Kenya.
In short, Ruto may have accepted that he has lost a huge part of Mt Kenya, but he can still use Mt Kenya anger to scare other regions into his corner.
That is the game.
Make Uhuru look active again. Make Rigathi look like he is returning Mt Kenya to Uhuru. Make the rest of Kenya fear a Kikuyu political comeback. Then ask them to rescue Ruto from the so-called old regime.
So the question is no longer whether Rigathi is defending Uhuru.
The question is why Rigathi’s defence of Uhuru fits so neatly into Ruto’s 2027 script.
You hear them arguing that "You (Kikuyus) never complained during Kibaki and Uhuru time. You wouldn't complain if it was a Kikuyu in State House". But you pose for a second & ask yourself, this same people they're trying to profile were on the Frontline fighting Uhuru when he was in StateHouse. And the very same people of the Mountain gave Ruto more than enough votes to make him president. Without these very same “Wakabila”, Ruto would never have been president especially with Kalenjins na hiyo kura yao milioni Moja za matakataka. That narrative is dead on arrival, they should find another agenda to sell, but we ain't going back to that tribal route. Stay guided!!
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Apart from players like Reece James, Trevor Chalobah,Moises Caicedo,João Pedro and Pedro Neto I don't see any other Chelsea player in that squad that can handle the intensity and the pressure, that comes with Jose Mourinho trying to bring the best out a player.
Enzo Fernandez and Cole Palmer are two emotional players as far as I'm concerned.
We saw players like Kelvin De Bruyne,Mo Salah and Romelu Lukaku leave Chelsea under Jose Mourinho. They left not because they ain't good to compete but because they ain't mature enough to face Jose Mourinho in the dressing room.
Luis Enrique,Cesc Fabregas and even Xabi Alonso can handle these young players better than Jose Mourinho. Bring back the special one and see most of these Chelsea players run away 😅