“If they don’t pick one person, we are doomed. That I can tell you. If they go their separate ways, that’s it. Tutamaliziwa waasbui mapema. That one I will tell you. I will tell you now. So we must get one person,” he said.
Babu Owino is completely right that the big bomb that will blow the opposition out of the race to have any meaningful competition to President Ruto lies in the hands of the opposition leaders themselves, and, of course, their egos, where each one of them feel they are ready to beat Ruto straight away in round one.
The real nightmare here for the opposition is that all the leaders seeking presidential nomination have no choice other than to be picked by Gachagua as the opposition presidential candidate.
The talk about Kalonzo joining Ruto is because as Sonko says 2027 is his last chance to get to State House because he is a 75-year-old man and if he is not picked for the big ticket that will be the end of his political career and he may have to retire from politics even before the 2027 campaigns begin.
Kalonzo cannot and will not accept a DP ticket if Gachagua picks Edwin Sifuna as the opposition candidate. That would make him look too stupid and become just a beaten-up old man. Kalonzo has enough respect for himself not to accept such a demeaning offer from the opposition.
Will Kalonzo Musyoka then retire from politics if the opposition picks Sifuna or will he choose to run on his own as the presidential candidate?
If Kalonzo runs for the presidency on his own, Sifuna is dead and William Ruto will easily walk over them.
If Kalonzo decides to retire his voting block is open for competition from Ruto and Sifuna and Ruto will have an upper hand there with Kalonzo supporters feeling they have been betrayed while they had the most experienced opposition leader ready to go for the presidency.
From what Kenyans saw when President Ruto spent four days in Kisii with some really huge crowds every day, once Fred Matiang’i is kicked out of the presidency ticket by Gachagua and his friends, that vote is going to President Ruto and the entire Coast of Kenya is for William Ruto as well.
The president has not taken that for granted and a few weeks ago he issued 500,000 title deeds to Kenyans in all the counties at the coast. Ruto is not joking down there. He is doing real things that make people’s lives better when you have a title deed and can get a loan to start a business and actually own your own land where your family has lived for centuries and much so since Kenya independence in 1960.
For Fred Matiang’t it is going to be a quick issue for his voting block. If you are not in, we are out. Then the math for 2027 goes on from there.
The serious problem here for the opposition is that once Kenyans see that President Ruto has the lead, forget the fake silly polls from TIFA, Kenyans are going to rally around the president because Kenyans can see with their own eyes some brilliant and quite successful projects Ruto has put all across the country and everybody is going to say they want a piece of that for their communities and their futures.
If we want to see just how complicated and unworkable the United Opposition candidates are going to be picked look and the dilemma between Edwin Sifuna and his best friend Babu Owino who is going for the Nairobi governor job. Babu Owino has said he wants and expects Sifuna to support him for his governor bid in Nairobi.
Rigathi Gachagua already told Babu Owino to his face when they went to visit him in his Wamunyoro Palace that he has to completely forget about running for Nairobi governor job and find something else to do.
Babu did not buy into the Gachagua orders issued to him and now Sifuna may also have to tell Babu Owino to forget the governor job so that Gachagua can nominate and fully support him for the top job.
So right off the bat Babu Owino goes for Nairobi governor and Sifuna has to disown him and endorse Gakuya the DCP candidate or face Gachagua’s wrath which he cannot afford.
Sifuna goes with Gachagua on the Nairobi governor race, Babu Owino is mad like hell with him and that big political fight starts and nobody knows where it ends.
At the national level, United Opposition which practically means Rigathi Gachagua, has to pick their candidate for the presidency to face William Ruto as soon as possible and that is what makes Mike Sonko appeal to Kalonzo Muysoka to join Ruto an issue on the table for the opposition right now.
Sonko urges Kalonzo to consider Ruto alliance if denied opposition presidential ticket
In the news today, Mike Sonko has asked Kalonzo to abandon another uncertain presidential bid and instead negotiate for a senior government position, including Deputy President or Prime Minister, arguing that such an arrangement could give Ukambani greater political influence and improve its development prospects.
Speaking during an interview on NTV, Sonko said Kalonzo had made three unsuccessful attempts at the presidency and should approach the 2027 election as a critical moment in his political career.
“This is his last bullet and his last chance. If the Opposition does not give him the opportunity to be its presidential flagbearer, he should not gamble again. He would be better off becoming Ruto’s Deputy President or Prime Minister,” Sonko said.
He called on the community to move away from internal political rivalries and collectively pursue an agenda centred on economic transformation.
“We cannot continue suffering in poverty while other communities prosper through unity. Our people deserve better!” he declared.
Now here is the deal. If everything in the Gachagua led “United” Opposition fails as everybody can see happening right before their eyes maybe it would be time to invite Wajackoyah to bring some real things on the table because he seems to have ideas on what Kenyans need to do to grow as a country.
Wajackoyah links Kenya’s economic woes to overdependence on Western powers
Former presidential aspirant George Wajackoyah has said Kenya’s overreliance on the West has stifled its economic growth.
Speaking on Thursday, Wajackoyah said Kenya’s existing economic policies were largely modelled on Western development blueprints.
“Look at Delmonte. Nobody wants to tell us about that contract. Nobody reads about the Earl Grey tea made in Kenya, tea grown in Kenya, being processed in foreign countries instead of being processed in Kenya,” the Roots Party leader told Spice FM.
He questioned companies that review contracts for Kenyan products being taken abroad for processing instead of being processed locally, arguing that the practice reduces the country’s potential earnings.
“And I’m telling those companies who have to review those contracts, how long are we going to be dependent on foreign governments, foreign companies? Is it because of diplomacy that is one-sided? Is it because of the contracts that have been made for us, for us to sign?” Wajackoyah posed.
He questioned the amount of land owned by companies such as Delmonte and the duration of their ownership, calling for a review of existing contracts to increase Kenyan ownership and control of the economy.
“Why can’t we downgrade these contracts and say, no, no, no, no, no. Let us monopolize this economy,” Wajackoyah said.
