Sagana was meant to bury DP but gave him a fighting chance

Deputy President William Ruto speaks during the burial of Amb. Ken Osinde at Ngata, Nakuru County. December 23, 2021. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

It was to be a turning point of sorts; President Uhuru Kenyatta holding the hand of his ‘brother’ Raila Odinga as he metaphorically scaled the vote-rich Mt Kenya.

In the end, Sagana III didn’t live up to its billing. The President’s anguished attempt to explain to his Central Kenya backyard why he threw his deputy under the bus unwittingly left his critics in glee, unsettled his allies, disenchanted his base and drove a wedge between him and those who were warming up to his entreaties.