For the past four years William Ruto has told his supporters how he doesn’t believe the deep state exists, and even if it did, his coalition with the people would surmount the hurdles planted in his way.
“They are threatening us that there’s a system, a deep state, that there are people who will rig us out even if you [Kenyans] vote in whatever manner […],”Ruto said in 2021. “We are waiting for those people, we are waiting for that deep state.”
He wants to label his main opponent Raila Odinga’s campaign as a state project, linking him to President Kenyatta who now chairs Raila’s sponsor political vehicle, the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition political party.
With the race now down to four including senior lawyer David Mwaure Waihiga and former spy and lawyer Professor George Luchiri Wajackoya, the battle remains largely between Ruto and Odinga.
Targeting the messenger
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