Kenyans,
He the prime minister of the republic of Kenya should ignore Ruto completely at the moment. Silence is Gold. Let Raila leave the empty debates to make noises every weekend about him. But he Raila should concentrate in providing and discharging his duity as prime minister of the whole nation including Kalenjins too. I think things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. Ruto has already pulled out of ODM and he is pulling a whole tribe with him. Ruto should join the already proposed KKK alliance and PNU party or KANU or UDM. I think those parties will pull his name away from the Hague (ICC).
The most important common center for Ruto now is self. That is selfishness. Ruto was the same Mp who proposed the prime minister post to be committed in the new constitution so why does he want to be a prime minister now. Prime minister of who or for what?. Ruto is having murder charges and fraud cases pending, is this man on denial?. I do think that Ruto needs a psychiatrist before he crunch. Their weekend joint had people who speak without knowing that in Kenya there is a constitution to be followed and this do apply to the president too. Why are the president nominees giving problem at the moment?. Is Jirongo really intelligent; Can somebody give Jirongo, Ruto etc the document under which coalition government was formed to read before they start next weekend telling people that Ruto is again denied the prime minister post by Raila.
People can not live with change if there`s not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value. At the moment it looks that Ruto wants to be Raila, so can we get somebody in Rift valley who can baptise Mr. Ruto to Raila Amolo Odinga. We are already tired of noises from every weekends joint about the prime minister. Kenya is having a new constitution to implement and i hope it is done before election. The KKK are already panicking since in the new constitution there is no prime minister post and they are more than 3 people needing only 2 top jobs (president, VP). God knows how they will divide those posts?. Who will step down for who?. Ruto does not know that Gideon is the KANU leader now so for VP post or running mate = Gideon Moi not Ruto. I think next time they will start the 3 musketeer but only to find that they are cutting each other with their own swords.
Let Raila prove to them that he is beyond tribal politics and tour the whole country, check how CDF were used including Kisumu and Turkana, coast etc.
Paul Nyandoto
Nyadoto, please be objective and stop being tribal. Why are you cheating us that Raila should ignore Ruto. Please note that had it not been of the support Ruto gave Raila in 2007, Kibaki could have beaten Raila hands down forget about the small margin that Kibaki beat him (according to ECK results).
Without Ruto, Raila cannot be assured of winning the 2012 elections reason being that without support from R.Valley, Raila can as well forget the presidency since he will not be able to get the 50+ 1 % and that will lead to a run off after which the KKK will gang up and beta him throroughly.
As things stands now, Raila can count on 80% support from Nyanza, 50% from North Eastern, 50% from Coast, 40% from Western, 40% from Nairobi, 10% from Eastern, 10% from Central and 20% from Rift Valley.
Raila has the followingoptions if he is to win the 2012 elections. 1st is to swallow his pride and apologise to Ruto and the entire Kalenjin community, mend fences with them and make Ruto his running mate (that if ICC clears him before elections).
Second option is to bow out of the 2012 race and front Mudavadi with a Kalenjin as running mate, three, drop Mudavadi as running mate and talk to Uhuru Kenyatta to be his running mate and last, to support Kalonzo Musyoka as president with Mudavadi as running mate.
As things stands now, the son of Jaramogi is between a hard place and a rock and not unless a miracle happens, he will have to retire with Kibaki in 2012 if he does not want to be humiliated by the voters. The only region Raila can now count on 100% is Luo Nyanza as Kisii is also divided.