NASA has recently been desperately looking to cut chinks through Deputy President William Ruto’s vast political defences. Their aim now, more than ever, is to neuter his influence in the Rift Valley, the region considered the last unconquered bastion of the Jubilee juggernaut – of course with the exception of Mt Kenya. The Kalenjins, however, have resolutely refused to cut their political links with the Kikuyu, holding instead that, in the end, if indeed they will suffer from unrequited love, it would still have been better to have loved and lost, than not to have loved at all. The second thing in the search for something to pierce the heart of DP Ruto’s influence was the appointment of Isaac Rutto as the fifth NASA principal. This means that, so far, the Rift Valley remains firmly in the hands of Jubilee.

Source: The Star May 29, 2017 22:07 UTC