It is not in doubt that Deputy President William Ruto is a shrewd politician.
As most politicians are losing sleep over the election on October 26, the DP is spending most of his time worrying about the 2022 polls.
And he is going all out to ensure that he bags the seat by courting Opposition leaders, if an admission by ex-Mombasa Senator Hassan Omar that he called him after he lost the seat.
A Bungoma gubernatorial loser also made a similar claim.
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Grapevine understands that the DP has contacts of even MCA’s from the remotest corner of the nation, and he has personally called a handful of them.
Siasa ni kujipanga, my friend!