Ruto faces daunting task of forming new Cabinet amid growing pressure

Then quoted in an article by the Voice of America as an opposition official, William Ruto advised President Kibaki that his work was cut out. He was referring to the horrendous task of putting together a new Cabinet and healing the wounds of the past. And now, President Ruto finds himself borrowing from the script of the late former president.

While the choices of this past week mirror each other, the circumstances are markedly different. However, there are noticeable similarities in the events that lead the two men into a somewhat shared fate. President Kibaki then failed to correctly read the mood of the country in his push for a Constitution that even key members of his Cabinet were opposed to.