Nyeri Town MP Ngunjiri Wambugu has said Deputy President William Ruto will not pick a running mate from the Mt Kenya region.
In his analysis of the DP's political strategy, Wambugu opines that DP Ruto is endearing himself to the people of the Mt Kenya region so that he cuts an image that portrays him as one of them.
He says this will give him a leeway to appoint a running mate from another region leaving the Mt Kenya region with a perception that their interests will be catered for by the DP, who would have branded himself as one of their own.
"The reason he has committed everything he has into Central Kenya is so as to convince Kikuyus that he is ‘mûndû wa nyûmba’. So that we can think he represents our interests.
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"The intention is so that ultimately he can then convince us that we don’t need someone from our community at the Presidency: that with him as President our interests as a community will be taken care of," he said.
The MP adds that the DP's choice of a running mate out of the Mt Kenya region is also fueled by the fact that the Kikuyu and Kalenjin ticket has become too monotonous to be sold.
It is on that basis that the country's second in command is planning to change the tides and become sellable.
MP Ngunjiri adds that the DP is only holding his Mt Kenya colleagues hostage for the time being as he consolidates his support base in the region after which he will abandon the, in the last minute, by appointing a non-Kikuyu as his deputy.
"He is doing this because he knows that with a Kikuyu/Kalenjin, Kalenjin/Kikuyu, Kikuyu/Kalenjin presidency covering a total of close to 45 out of 58 years he knows he certainly does not have the capacity to sell a Kalenjin/Kikuyu ticket again at this 2022 moment," he added.
The DP, who is yet to announce his deputy or the region he will pick from, is on record saying he will decide at the right time, perhaps a few months to 2022 General Elections.
