Deputy President William Ruto may have to blame no one if his bid to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2022 fails.
The deputy president who is keen at clinching the presidency when Uhuru officially leaves State House is facing an anti-hill task in becoming Kenya's fifth president following a decision by some key politicians from Central Kenya to make a U-turn on supporting him.
Ruto's problems began when he agreed to dissolve his political party, the United Republican Party to merge with Uhuru's The National Alliance to form the now ruling Jubilee Party.
Now that he has no party, Ruto cannot negotiate for power in Jubilee since he is in no coalition where he would have demanded his cut in Kenya's power games.
If he resolves to bolt out of Jubilee today, just in case he gets convinced that Central Kenya leaders will not entirely back his presidential bid, he will have to return to the drawing board and form another party through which he will contest for the presidency or form a coalition with other like-minded leaders such as Musalia Mudavadi (ANC), Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper) and Moses Wetangula (Ford Kenya).
This is an anti-hill task that may take time since he will be facing the challenge of building grassroots support for the new party.
By then other parties already established such as ODM and Jubilee which Central Kenya leaders may hijack will be out bolstering their support bases in preparation for the next poll.