A Ruto presidency and Moi's 100 years of Kanu rule edict

President-elect William Ruto (right) with the late President Daniel Moi during a past event in Eldoret. [File, Standard]

At the height of clamour for multi-party politics in the early 1990s, one of the loyal lieutenants of the late President Daniel Moi, Joseph Kamotho, made a proclamation that Kanu would rule for 100 years.

Then, many laughed him off as a deluded sycophant, as signs were there for all to see that the Kanu era was coming to an end.