Uhuruto 2017 party game plan to win 25 percent in the 47 counties

That the president and his deputy are determined to win a second term in office come 2017 is no secret. In trying to achieve this without going the 2013 route where the Supreme Court was brought into the picture to declare them winners, the duo has embarked on different strategies including launching mega projects across the country to lure voters. The other strategy that has also been immensely utilized is that of DP Ruto engaging elected leaders, more so from the opposition, across the country something that has brought on board the now famous ‘Brown envelop’ phrase.

Far from the two strategies, the duo has of late embarked on a third strategy that will see not only those who support them under one umbrella, but also win a 25% support across all the 47 counties as required by the law. To achieve this, they first embarked on a journey that saw all the smaller parties merge into the now newly registered Jubilee party.

On a lighter note, the merger did not broaden its support base as purported but rather just locked a few leaders in their den. Take an example of UDF that saw almost all its elected and nominated members move to other parties other than Jubilee after it closed shop, Tip Tip only saw Kalembe Ndile join Jubilee same as Balala’s Republican congress party etc.

However, Jubilee has another card under the table.  In areas like western and part of the coast region where it couldn't buy leaders directly, it told its moles to go independent while also buying surrogate parties. For instance, the surrogate parties in western include LPK now under Ababus leadership, PPK under governor Akaranga leadership and Economic Freedom party. At the Coast it's Shirikidho and KADU-Asili while in Ukambani it’s the well-known Chap Chap Party under governor Mutua. These regions are considered opposition strong holds and selling a Jubilee candidate is assumed to be close to selling pork in a mosque.

It is also clear that most of those who pretend to be independent are in Jubilee. With these cards on the table, Jubilee believes that it can get some numbers in these regions to top up what they believe to be under lock and key in their strongholds. And one thing is for sure, they will get some numbers.