Deputy President William Ruto remains under pressure to unveil his running mate for the approaching 2022 presidential race, with some quarters already lobbying to have one of their own picked.
These include leaders from Tharaka Nithi county who have repeatedly pleaded with him to pick area Senator Kithure Kindiki for the job, a request Ruto has remained silent on.
Known to go for people he lands in trouble with, as was the case in 2013 when he chose to side with President Uhuru Kenyatta after their joint charges at the International Criminal Court (ICC), he could opt for Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru.
The two were recently ranked as the most corrupt and second respectively, according to an Ipsos poll released on Wednesday, meaning that they will have it hard to make it to power.
This will result from Kenyans’ renewed fight against corruption and being already implicated in graft, most Kenyans will be reluctant to opt for the duo, no matter how juicy their manifesto will be.
Judging by their reactions to the report, with Waiguru openly expressing her anger, most Kenyans are already afraid of having her in power out of fear that she might not be as forgiving as a leader should be and could victimize opponents and critics.
The two will also come out as hypocrites who are only together to clinch power, as they were only a few years back the worst political enemies, with Ruto even calling for Waiguru’s arrest in relation to the loss of millions at the National Youth Service (NYS) when she was the Devolution Cabinet Secretary.
This, therefore, is likely to result to infightings once they are in power, as they do not share common policies, with the conflict resulting to poor service delivery, a situation Kenyans would rather avoid.
Therefore, a Ruto-Waiguru ticket is very unlikely to sail through.