Opinion: Ruto came with a wheelbarrow and won

This is history in the making. United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and the Kenya Kwanza Alliance (KKA) President-Elect William Ruto has his moment right now. He has achieved after being on the back-burner while in office. Ruto was sidelined and belittled as the Deputy President. That happened after the Handshake and the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).

Ruto wasn’t the man that was supposed to succeed Uhuru Kenyatta. Even if he was his running partner in two elections. Kenyatta needed him in 2013 and 2017, but after the handshake things went south. These two lost ways and mutual distrust between them. That’s why Ruto has been ridiculed and mocked on a regular basis. Maligned and so has allies in the August House, the Parliament. Therefore, today is a final revenge but also vindication for him.

Yes, I have called the Ruto ticket the Moi Era ticket. The President-Elect and Deputy President Elect Rigathi Gachagua are the boys of the Moi era. They have been part of it and learned their tricks in that time. Certainly, that why Ruto is getting as broad alliance as possible. His trying to get a majority and secure enough seats in both houses. Who wouldn’t in their right mind.. seek for that anyway? Most likely, the Azimio would do the same… but everyone has it that’s Ruto is conning.

Ruto has promised everything before. That’s why the promises of the years of Jubilee governments shouldn’t be forgotten. The laptops and stadiums are some of them. Ruto has been part of the governments that has taken more loans and his government has to live up to that challenge. The Kenyan economy has to carry the growing debts and possible distress. While the era of Jubilee was filled with corruption scandals and grand corruptions as well. That will not change with Ruto at the helm.

Ruto’s gamble of wheelbarrows, the hustler nation and everything else should be studied. Because, he fought the dynasties, the supposed deep-state and everyone who mattered; and he won too. Ruto has beaten the brigades of old, the Moi, Kenyatta and Odinga’s in one go. He did so and thrived. No one would expected that. Especially, not the way the Azimio was running their campaigns and preparing for the future.

The ones that was uncertain about joining Ruto should regret today. This time Moses Wetangula and Musalia Mudavadi isn’t deadwood, but will have positions in the new cabinet. The same with others who has joined. The KKA and UDA will be the rulers of the land. The ones who went to Azimio and OKA will loose out. That is just the only way out. There are some who has already left and joined Ruto. Certainly will be more, as he will ensure the transition and figure out the next cabinet.

What is to be expected is a fall-out and people ditching the Azimio. They cannot uphold their bargain and lost in the Courts too. There will be the ones who is seeking greener pastures and don’t want to be in opposition. We can await parties and leaders coming to Ruto and kissing his ring. Because, they want favours and wants be in good graces. Therefore, things will change and that will pain the Azimio camp even further.

We should expect some buffoonery from the likes of Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka and others who wants to be relevant. He choose the wrong ally and now he has to bear the consequences. Though we have seen how he moves and he could easily shift, if he gets an office and some perks. That’s what’s to be expected in the near future now.

Ruto, came, he saw and he conquered. The man who has been maligned and been downplayed. He showed the masses and the dynasties. His a crook and a thief in office, but he knows how the game is played. That’s why he did what he needed. Ruto paid amends where he needed and got the allies to win. That’s all he did and the wheelbarrow was only the beginning. His pursuit was the throne and he will soon be crowned king.

I don’t expect much from his reign. The years of Deputy President has shown that. Yes, he has more power now. However, he did have a lot of sway and options as the Deputy too… So, it is not like he was the whole time a galleon figure and a poster-child of the government. No, he had a say and could have achieved more. However, I expect further schemes, tricks and grand corruption cases. That comes with Ruto and his allies. Everything else is just publicity and the mirage at play. Peace.

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Opinion: The Azimio failed Odinga this time around…

Today, the Supreme Court ruling uphold the Presidential Election of the 9th August 2022. Which means the former Deputy President and now President-Elect William Ruto is to be sworn-in eventually. This means it’s official that Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya Alliance Presidential Candidate Raila Odinga lost yet again.

I have looked into parts of the petitions and affidavits ahead of the Supreme Court. Azimio has failed Odinga. They didn’t do like last time and had solid evidence of the rigging and electioneering of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). That’s what is so striking. The Azimio hired a team and also had well known attorney’s on their side. Still, collectively they couldn’t prove or have substantial proof of the supposed rigging.

The ones that thought the Azimio had it in the bag and was already awaiting the declaration of the elections has thought wrong. Their whole ideals has been shattered. The Azimio had the support of the state and had the biggest coalition. Still, the safe-haven and the strongholds was supposed to carry Odinga into the Presidency. However, it is now obvious that it never happened.

Raila Odinga has trusted to much into vibes and that it was his turn. The Azimio was too arrogant and considered to repeat the 2017 petition. They even got John Githongo into a fishing expedition and was only a demonstration. The Azimio legal team has failed the Presidential Campaign. Just as much as the Azimio team didn’t collect or have agents in every polling station. Secondly, the team that was at the National Talley Centre of Bomas didn’t do their job either. Just a mobile phone and more vibes. This is why they are losing. They thought it was a safe journey to Canaan…

Odinga could possibly be bitter and be worried about his position now. He has promised to not have any handshake or such. Certainly, we know he will not accept William Ruto as President. This was the last time for him and possibly his final campaign. He has been doing this since the 1990s and never succeeded. Odinga didn’t even succeed this time around.

The dynasty ticket was supposed the way to the throne. Odinga was the next heir to takeover after Uhuru Kenyatta. Kenyatta’s party and his allies was all in line. The Azimio seemed to have all the powerhouses and the ones there to ensure the final campaign of Odinga to be successful. However, today it’s finalized that it was a failure. The close race was taken away by the arrogance and the cruise-control into victory.

The Azimio and Odinga should have done more. The team and the people around Odinga should self reflect today. They need to look into the reasons for the flop and the loss. They will now first blame the IEBC and the Supreme Court. Most likely cause friction and create a “People’s President” of sorts. Nevertheless, that will only be for the Odinga supporters and not for the population as a whole.

Odinga should think who he was aligned with and where they failed. The Odinga camp needs to consider how they went forward and what was the reasons for the loss. Not only in the Supreme Court, but the narrow loss in the polls. This is all been a flamboyant loss and to much hubris.

Raila Odinga and the Azimio made at all look so simple and was just a formality. Now it is all lost and the competition is getting the throne. That must hurt, but a fair game when your playing it like this.

There will be people crying foul, but right now… the Azimio didn’t do their bid and if they had substantial reasons for their arguments. The Supreme Court would have validated it. Therefore, now the Azimio better reconsider their stance and be an honest opposition.

Odinga was clearly never built to win. He had lots of promise and wanted reforms. Nevertheless, the tireless campaigning and the handshake of the previous term might even hurt him more. Since, he sold out and lost credibility with the BBI. Who knows… but the Azimio needs to internally look into their affairs and why it went wrong.

It is now proven that you cannot run on vibes and a good name… Peace.

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A look into Azimio Petition to the Supreme Court: The breadcrumbs of the affidavit of John Githongo… Part II – It was a demo!

That the whistle-blower and well known activist John Githongo came in as a voice of reason and as a witness who had technical device, video-tape and evidence of the electioneering, which the Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya Alliance petition to the Supreme Court needed to make the Presidential Elections of the 9th August Polls and the declared results of the 15th August 2022.

The one who had been able to enter the server and prove how the UDA officials had allegedly rigged the elections and from within. The whistle-blower should be certified and have all alleys cleared. However, Githongo seems to have put water over his head. Instead of having the proper evidence and proof. He had to file another paper called the “Further Affidavit in Support of the Petition”.

In that additional affidavit, which actually counters the one that was initially added to prove the allegations and the grievances of the Azimio team. The first statement worth looking at from the additional affidavit is this one:

That it is not true that the Petitioner has falsified logs. The logs annexed to my affidavit dated 21st August 2022 are the exact logs that were given to me by the young man referred to in my affidavit therein and therefore the logs did not originate from myself or the petitioner, but from the aforesaid young man. One cannot falsify something that has been availed to them by someone else” (Githongo – Further Affidavit).

So, we now know that Githongo doesn’t know the origin or how the logs was produced. They have just been given to him by an unknown character and an anonymous individual. Who are like that because of his concern for his safety. However, since Githongo didn’t produce it… it will be more questionable and lack the trustworthiness. These logs can have come from wherever and whoever, which can be fabricated or manufactured to fit a certain narrative or story… That suddenly fits the bill of Azimio and their legal team.

In the next paragraph he says this now: “That I have come to learn that the logs furnished to me by the young man were meant to be a DEMO on how the IEBC Server can be accessed and manipulated by external unauthorized parties. The same are screen grabs commonly known as screenshots and are not actual logs and the Affidavit of Benson Wesonga dated 21st August 2022 clearly indicates that the said logs are screen shots/screen grabs and not actual logs” (Githongo – Further Affidavit).

What is further stated by Githongo now is that the logs aren’t actual logs, but just mere screenshots, which was replicated or manufactured by choice. These wasn’t what it made to look like. His even downgrading the evidence in the Benson Wesonga affidavit. That just right ahead of the trial and the beginning of the scrutinizing the case in Court.

This is striking and we can assume there is more things going on. The Azimio legal team … should be worried. This is taking away evidence and proof. It is making it questionable and most likely in the alley of hearsay, which isn’t admissible in Court.

Wesonga and Githongo has lost out on this one. If it was sincere or honest mistake… well.. that’s not how these things plays. If Githongo tried to lie to the Courts and come with false evidence to the courts. That is an illegal act and the same can be said about Wesonga. Since, their affidavits are connected and playing off each other. Therefore, this is just shady and done to serve to purpose.

This revelation… isn’t wise or brilliant. It is just trying to clean it’s hands, because the courts and experts could have uncovered it all. They could have come to a conclusion that it wasn’t legit or possibly it. The judges could have dismissed it. However, now… when Githongo says this.

It is clear that the sky is still blue, and a lie is still a lie. Peace.