DP William Ruto's worries are President Uhuru Kenyatta's headache

It is no longer a secret supporters of Deputy President William Ruto feel President Uhuru Kenyatta and his close friends have lost the zeal and enthusiasm to fight off the remaining case at The Hague.

The thrust of their argument is that after the celebration at State House over the collapse of the President's case, during which our overjoyed leader, it is claimed, jumped into a Land Rover and drove off saying he was going to break the good news to his wife, there have been few signs of activity to aggressively sustain the diplomatic assault and vigorous lobbying against Mr Ruto's case.

They point out that Attorney General Githu Muigai probably went on sabbatical leave, has found better things to do at Sheria House, or someone has decided that it is a good political career move to leave the 'Hustler' and the former journalist in the pyre where Mr Kenyatta left them.

Mr Ruto himself, in an effort to calm this disquiet, last week declared the ruling by ICC judges shouldn't divide Kenyans. Now this is a loaded statement, but for now, let us leave it at that. Suffice it to say, ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's victory has sent shock waves across the Rift Valley. It must be this disquiet that goaded the President this week in Mombasa to scramble around for the piece of the umbilical cord that URP and his The National Alliance shared, culminating in his renewed call on Jubilee Alliance affiliate parties to dissolve and form one big political machine.

In effect, the President was saying he has not abandoned Mr Ruto after crossing the crocodile-infested waters of ICC, and also after riding on the 'Hustler's' shoulders to State House. As a cunning politician, I guess he was subtly reacting to claims floating around that whereas Mr Ruto has insisted he will skip running in 2017 in exchange for his boss' backing in 2022, at least three other options of Mr Kenyatta's running mates are being evaluated and that application letters are still being accepted.

Something else happened before Mr Kenyatta sought to locate the hip-joint that URP and TNA share; some of Mr Ruto's backers advised their man to boycott sittings at The Hague. Even though this could have been 'politics', it is obvious what coded message they were sending Mr Kenyatta.

It simply meant that as Head of State, whose administration is facing accusations from ICC of failing to cooperate especially in his own case, he should consider the possibility that if Mr Ruto feels forsaken, he could turn renegade by doing an Omar Al-Bashir move. In which case then, Mr Kenyatta as President would then be coerced to do what he will never do – assist in handing him over to The Hague court! If it comes to that, you know what will be left of the Jubilee Alliance as it is now.

Well, let us back-pedal; the fact also stubbornly stands out that maybe there is little else the President could do beyond the usual protestations about Kenya's sovereignty and the routine bashing of the West, and the seduction of the leaders of African Union member-States, especially the likes of Yoweri Museveni, Paul Kagame and Robert Mugabe.

I mean, Mr Kenyatta had also improved his global ratings via the silent endorsement and diplomatic coup handed him on a silver platter by US President Barack Obama during his visit. The visit recast Mr Ruto's case in the arena of the global family of nations by stirring debate on whether or not he would shake his hand, leave alone meet him. Mr Kenyatta rekindled memories of how Jubilee was formed: as a coalition of the accused. The fact remains there are no more prayers. Shuttle diplomacy is in the back burner.

Any time from now, it is expected that Joshua Sang and Mr Ruto will be back on the overnight flight to Schiphol International Airport.

Today, the construction blocks that make up the House of Jubilee are grinding against each other, even as insiders claim these are lies peddled by the Opposition. Kalenjin leaders have planned a prayer rally for Mr Ruto in Kuresoi and when TNA MPs tried to 'invite' themselves they were told this is an exclusively 'Kalenjin and their friends' affair!

Now, so as not to look like they have left Mr Ruto to his own God and devices, TNA leaders have come up with their own prayer session, set for September 13, in Ruiru. Remember also that the Rift Valley block has been dutifully keeping a list of State appointments that they think their men and women missed out on.

It is in such times, amid reflection about how the initial cast of six Kenyan suspects fell off the bandwagon as the cases against them collapsed until Mr Ruto's and Mr Sang's was left, that it might be treasonable to venture into what might happen if the ruling of the court ends up with a conviction.

To let the mind stray onto this sensitive prospect that Jubilee mandarins would rather not discuss, doesn't necessarily mean wishing him to be jailed, but an appreciation of the fact that the moment anyone is charged in court, the case can only go either of these two ways; guilty or not guilty.

But for now, I guess Mr Kenyatta and his team are more interested than us on what outcome will come of the remaining case at The Hague.