Well, there is a good chance of Ruto becoming President in
2022. You will recall that during the 2013 swearing in ceremony, he referred to
himself as ‘FP’ meaning Future President. And from then, he has not hidden his
ambition to ascend to the highest office in Kenya. Therefore, the ambition (in
Ruto, to become president of Kenya) is there, to start with. That is very
important, because there are lots of other individuals who perhaps would make
good presidents, but they just don’t have the ambition.
It helps too that, besides having ambition, Ruto seems to
have working hard, day and night, towards becoming President of Kenya in 2022. So
you find that he has managed to create alliances all over the nation -- alliances
that would help him, to some degree at least, in his quest to become president. He seems to have
figured out which regions have many votes, and endeavored to get strategic
partners there. What with Governor Waititu in Central? What with Bonny Khalwale
in Western? What with Aisha Jumwa in the Coast? All these alliances may yield
something when the time comes. Building such alliances is good preparation for
a 2022 Presidential run. It is similar to the way a form 4 graduate who is
preparing to apply for a HELB loan would be advised to first make an
effort to get a Kenya ID card first. Similarly, anyone preparing for a
presidential run in Kenya would be best advised to get into strategic alliances
first, and Ruto seems to be doing reasonably well on that front.
Another
thing that Ruto seems to have gotten right in his 2022 presidential quest is
media coverage. It has gotten to the point where there is always a Ruto mention
in the media every day. This puts Ruto in people’s minds, endears him, and
makes him look every bit like a frontrunner in the Kenya 2022 presidential
election.
