I was going through our online sister-magazine "The Kenya Con" a while ago and came across this article written in 2019 tittled "The Ruto Conspiracy" and just thought to myself, "This is interesting." The article analyses what the writer purports to be a well-orchestrated conspiracy aimed at derailing any chances of Dr. William Ruto succeeding Mr. Kenyatta as Kenya's president. The writer does a good job detailing the plan of the "Deep State" to finish the deputy president. Given that this was written well before the fact, it is hard to deny that the writer more than accurately predicted the outcome of the grand plan of "the establishment" to tame the one-time firebrand politician. Let's read together.. The articles starts on a solemn note, " If you had asked any Kenyan just one year ago who they thought was best placed to succeed Uhuru Kenyatta as Kenya’s next president, many would have picked William Samoei Ruto. Ask a...

I have never been a fan of politics but whenever I want to have a really good laugh, I tune to Kenyan politicians and watch their endless bickering, name calling and character assassination. I see right through their lies. Truth be told, none of these politicians have any of our interests at heart.   That is well documented. But what really puzzles me in this election is the amount of copy-pasting our leading presidential candidates have done from American politics. Kenya Kwanza translates to "Kenya First", a direct copy of Donald Trump's "America First" campaign slogan. In the context of American politics, the slogan and its resulting policy stance generally emphasizes nationalism and non-interventionism. William Ruto's watered-down version of the slogan has nothing to do with foreign policy or attitude towards globalization and international organizations. No, Willam Ruto uses the term to mean that he’ll put the interest of ordinary Kenyans first rathe...