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Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetangula. [File, Standard]
When President William Ruto assembled his Kenya Kwanza juggernaut ahead of the 2022 General Election, his most prized trophies were Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula.
The duo pledged to deliver a decisive 70 percent of the Luhya vote to the Kenya Kwanza basket. Four years into that improbable bargain, the math still does not add up, and Ruto's political foundation in Western Kenya is smoldering.
Rather than cement the Kenya Kwanza government's foothold in western, Ruto's collaboration with Mudavadi and Wetang’ula is, instead, eroding his authority. The reality on the ground across Kakamega, Bungoma, Vihiga, and Busia counties is unflattering.
