THIS IS WHAT WILL FINISH WILLIAM RUTO

Deputy President William Ruto’s push for a global national party that is going to resonate well with all Kenyans is being threatened by the springing up of relatively small perceived ethnic political parties, political analyst Herman Manyora has said.

This comes following the Tuesday launch of the latest party to join the fold, the Democratic Action Party Kenya (DAP-K), led by Kanduyi MP Wafula Wanunyinyi and his Tongaren counterpart Eseli Simiyu.

The party has since pledged to champion for ODM leader Raila Odinga’s Azimio la Umoja agenda, in a move that might affect DP Rutos’s hunt for votes in the Western region.

According to Manyora, the political cards that are being put into play by such factions are giving DP Ruto a difficult decision to make on a way forward ahead of next year’s polls.

“It is being played in a way that people are going to have to have small homes and from those small homesteads they will appear to the village baraza and form big teams to play their politics. It is going to be like that and I think this might injure William Ruto who believes in one national party,” he said during a panel interview on Citizen TV’s News Night show.

“UDA now this other side is coming up with the strategy of allowing people in a place ‘mahali hakuna hewa’…so you have Kiunjuri with TSP, Mwangi Iria with his USAWA party. That is how this is being played and for this season.”

Manyora also reckoned that despite DP Ruto advocating for a large national party, he might be forced to mirror the trend and make the UDA a more ethnic party.

His sentiments were shared by communication consultant Barack Muluka who said the numerous political formations have a purpose, claiming that DAP-K in particular is aimed at startling Moses Wetangula’s Ford Kenya and Musalia Mudavadi’s ANC

“For DP having recognized this, he needs to see how best to counteract it because he has also seen some of his closest lieutenants are telling him please do not label us owners of small ethnic parties,” said Muluka.

“People are feeling safer retreating within their ethnic spaces making their own formations there and then looking for an opportunity to bargain with hopefully the next government.”

By Citizen Digital