Manyora: William Ruto's ship is sinking and nobody can rescue it ahead of August poll

DP William Ruto instructs Sabatia candidates Clement Sloya and Ayodi Emmanuel after their supporters clashed during a rally at Mbale market in Vihiga County on July 13, 2022. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Things are falling apart for the Kenya Kwanza Alliance under Deputy President William Ruto. The once overconfident and boisterous DP is now increasingly paranoid.

A few months ago, Ruto, like Amalinze the cat in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, was bursting with confidence and looking forward to the next match. He brushed off any individual and discussion highlighting the shortcomings of the electoral commission. He shouted from the top of his cars: “Learn to accept election results and move on.”