Kenya’s Ruto game plan to contain internal rebellion in his government
President William Ruto chats with Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga during a Sunday service at Ngangarithi Primary School Grounds in Nyeri County on September 15, 2024. Photo | File
When in July Kenyan president William Ruto nominated five members of the opposition party ODM to his reconstituted Cabinet, he was widely seen as ceding ground to Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in their battle to control the politics of the populous Mt Kenya region.
ODM is led by Raila Odinga, the country’s former prime minister and five-time presidential election loser who has long been the lightning rod for negative political sentiment in the region, which Mr Gachagua regards as his political territory.
