Political analyst Herman Manyora has observed that the year 2019 might mark a big change in the nation's political arena, especially with regards to the approaching 2022 polls.
In his YouTube analysis channel 'Take It or Leave It' on Saturday, he claimed that this is the year when President Uhuru Kenyatta might name his preferred successor.
Speaking in Nyeri late last year, the Head of State warned politicians against attempting to predict his plans for 2022, saying that his declaration will shock many.
"Uhuru is very unlikely to wait until 2022. Rather, he will make the name known to the nation this very year," he observed.
He said that Uhuru will hide behind the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) taskforce report expected to be presented to him and opposition leader Raila Odinga this year.
The team was jointly appointed and deployed by the two after their March 9 truce with the intention of solving the nation's recurrent division and electoral issues.
Using the findings of the team tasked with the job of finding a lasting solution to the hurdles, he said, Uhuru will find the preferred ground to proceed to make the announcement.
"It will be made after the BBI gives its result. Actually, the BBI idea is just an excuse to enable Uhuru to make his next political moves," he claimed.
The declaration came at a time when most Kenyans were expecting Uhuru to endorse his deputy William Ruto as per his initial pledge.