The stage seems already set for the 2022 political showdown with the country's top politicians already assembling their machinery. However, curiously silent is Baringo Senator Gideon Moi.
So far, the rivalry pitting Deputy President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga has been one of the highlights of 2019 politics. The duo has traded political barbs. There has been name-calling. And this could be transferred to 2020. But where is Senator Moi?
The soft-spoken son of the former President Daniel Arap Moi is one of the biggest political voices in the country. When he speaks, people listen. Not because he is the son of Moi, but because he may end up occupying state House himself, probably as Kenya's Vice President. However, his recent silence cannot go unnoticed.
A key supporter of President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga's handshake that birthed Building Bridges Initiative, Senator Moi has been one of the most vocal political voices in the country for the last few months. But of late, the young Moi has maintained some uncharacteristic political silence.
Even as BBI debate gains momentum amid sharp divisions pitting the political camp supporting President Kenyatta and Raila, and the camp backing Deputy President William Ruto, the Baringo Senator's contribution to the debate has been very limited. His social media accounts are equally "dormant", at least politically speaking.
Has the former Baringo Central MP intentionally taken a short break from the country's arena of rough politics until 2020?
Though he has not publicly declared his plans to vie for President in 2022, many rank him as one of the men likely to succeed President Kenyatta come the next poll. In his native Rift Valley, he is seen as Ruto's political rival.
Will Senator Moi emerge from his "hiding place" at the right time? And is his silence strategic?