A must read:Why Ruto's presidential quest is dead

THE LULL BEFORE THE STORM
As I have always said in my previous articles, hustler’s Presidential quest crumbled the day of the famous handshake on the steps of harambee house. No amount of harambees and church functions will propel him to the highest office. No amount of biblical quotes will help him rescue his dead ambition. The well of sympathy he has been trying to drain dried several years ago.We are witnessing a no-holds-barred-gloves-off phase.

PS Karanja Kibicho is not any other ordinary civil servant. He is a very key actor within the corridors of power and a powerful state operative playing a vital role in the 2022 succession matrix by pressing appropriate buttons. Ask Governor Sonko and he will tell you this is the man who made him run for dear like from Nairobi to Mua Hills in Machakos County from where he was running the County Government of Nairobi before he gave in.

The most daring action by Kibicho is that of withdrawing security details of key lieutenants of the hustler as well as making sure interior ministry officials in Nyeri County stay away from hustler’s church function in Tetu- the clearest indication that hustler’s water-loo is irreversible. For a civil servant to have the audacity to press such a button, he must be 100% sure that the hustler will never be his boss as President. He must have got sufficient assurance to that effect. He must have gone through a well choreographed succession script with clear objectives,actions,timelines and outcomes.

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