Ruto-ODM dalliance signals power shift

President William Ruto is welcomed by Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs CS Hassan Joho during the Kilifi County International Investment Conference (KCIIC) at Vipingo Ridge in Kilifi County on November 5, 2024. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

The ongoing loud cawing by ODM leaders in Cabinet speaks to the migration of power in the government. Influence in the management of public affairs is shifting from the elected leadership to the visitors in President William Ruto’s broad-based government. 

Raila Odinga and his men have finished marking time in the Kenya Kwanza space. Always persuaded in their heart of hearts that power was stolen from them in the August 2022 election, they deftly slipped into the power and influence space when the opportunity came in July, this year. They...