President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto are in a state of deceitful pragmatism concerning realities confronting their government. Just a few weeks ago, at the height of the teachers’ strike, Hon William Ruto negotiated with the teachers’ representatives, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) and presumably reached an agreement. That agreement seemed to be outside the awareness and approval of the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Professor Jacob Kaimenyi who almost simultaneously gave out a decree contradicting Mr Ruto’s negotiated position.