Whenever someone says that Ruto is the most strategic politician in Kenya, I normally laugh very hard because I the truth is far from that.
He is simply a liar with a smooth tongue, and many people mistake that for being strategic.
If you don't believe me, take the Ol Kalou by-election as a case in point.
When Ruto was authorizing the train, boats, mattresses, gas cylinders, overnight road construction, and, of course, the KSh 1.5 billion in handouts aimed at winning support, I don't think he fully considered the long-term consequences.
He failed to anticipate the ripple effects of such actions. That kind of vision is called myopic. Its only found in FISH.
Fast forward to today.
In Trans Nzoia, a boda boda empowerment program organized by UDA went south very quickly when attendees began demanding that they be accorded the same treatment as the people of Ol Kalou. They also started asking for gas cylinders and other benefits.
This will be the trend going forward. Kasongo has mobilized the ground against himself.
So, if you still believe that Ruto is a political chess master, then we clearly have very different definitions of chess.
#Wantam
