We all make mistakes but of course one has to be very careful not to make the kind of mistake you cannot come back from. Governments also make mistakes but a government has to be super careful and especially its leader, the president not to make mistakes that they cannot come back from.
Because when that happens, you know what it means. It means that they're going home and sometimes it may mean that they're going home even before it is home time (if I can remember my school days).
This article focuses on 5 fatal errors that the Ruto regime has made that they can never come back from.
Fatal mistake No 1
Greatly underestimating former President Uhuru Kenyatta
Now don't take this one lightly because it has had far reaching effects and consequences on UDA and Ruto.
It is very clear that Ruto's attitude towards Uhuru has been one of (if I can use a Kenyan expression) madharau nyingi sana.
At the height of the UDA campaigns before the 2022 general elections Ruto was quoted as saying he does not drink alcohol and he does not smoke weed. And everybody knew he was referring to the fourth President Uhuru Kenyatta and implying that he did these things Ruto did NOT do.
Most will also remember a viral video of a speech Ruto was giving explaining how he went to see Uhuru at State House, shortly after his election victory as president in 2017 had been nullified by the Supreme court. And according to Ruto he found Uhuru drunk but very crestfallen. So much so that Uhuru suggested that they should just give up and hand over power to the real winner, Raila Odinga and the opposition. According to Ruto, the only reason he did not slap Uhuru was that he feared the president’s security personnel.
And when he reached this part of the story loud laughter was heard in the room. Especially from president Uhuru Kenyatta’s cousin retired Captain Kungu Muigai. Kungu has always been a firm supporter of Ruto.
Never judge a man because of his vices
You know when I was in high school there was this guy who was a smoker and he was also a member of the “herbalist association club.” Those are the students who used to smoke bhang (we used to them we refer to them as the herbalists). And the same character used to regularly sneak out of school to go and buy alcohol (Changaa) across the fence of the school.
Remember that he was doing all this while the rest of us were very busy studying and preparing for exams. But alas, when the exam came, this errant boy was always top of the class.
Never judge a book by its’ cover and never judge a man because of his vices.
Indeed during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln's most effective military strategist was an alcoholic. But the guy was a genius in military strategy.
The lesson in this life is never underestimate anybody just because of what you see. Because it could easily end up being a mistake you can never come back from.
Ruto was sure that he was better than Uhuru
William Ruto bounced into office knowing that he will definitely do better than Uhuru because he did not drink alcohol and had never drank alcohol or done the other things he accuses the former president of.
But after only a handful of weeks on the job, Ruto realized that things were not the way he expected them to be. The job was much harder than he envisaged. In fact to date vast majority of Kenyans are convinced that Uhuru was a much better and more competent leader.
One of the results of this miscalculation is that our country today is in a mess.
Indeed Martha Karua (who has been in government previously) has told Kenyans many times that the hole which Ruto has driven the country into will take us all a very long time to get out of.
In other words, even if Ruto leaves power today, we are still in big trouble which will take a lot of work and many years to get out of.
And that is according to Martha Karua, a very experienced hand.
Ruto has ultimately lost to Uhuru in the vote-rich Mt Kenya region
The manner in which former president Uhuru Kenyatta has hounded UDA and Ruto out of the Mount Kenya region is pure magic and illustrates one of the ways in which smart Uhuru Kenyatta has completely outwitted President Ruto.
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