KANU ALIGNMENTS TOWARDS MAJOR POLITICAL OUTFITS

A political storm is brewing in Rift Valley following
the scramble for the voter rich region which has
intensified.

Baringo Senator Gideon Moi, over the weekend, held
a meeting with Bomet Governor Isaac Rutto at the
Maasai Mara lodge in the company of Narok Senator
Stephen Ole Ntutu, Kericho Governor Paul Chepkwony
and KANU Secretary General Nick Salat kicking off
talks of imminent political realignments.

However, Salat who spoke to the press, said the
breakfast meeting was meant to deliberate on the
way forward as well as ways to solve issues of
National concern like insecurity.

“This was just a breakfast meeting, but I can assure
you that Kenyans will witness more political meetings
in the future aimed at uniting them,” said Salat.

The meeting has however been interpreted by pundits
as a plan to advance the ongoing political upheaval
in the region to put Deputy President William Ruto’s
grip to the test.

Senator Ntutu in February led Narok MPs in snubbing
a reconciliation meeting between them and Governor
Tunai, which was to be held at Ruto’s Karen home
in Nairobi.

While Chepkwony grappled with an attempted
impeachment last year that was allegedly instigated
by the Deputy President.

On his part Isaac Rutto, who is the council of
Governors chair has pointed an accusing finger at the
Deputy President over the woes bedevilling him as
politicians allied to the DP have been leading
demonstrations against him over the site of a
proposed universty.

The Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto had in the recent
past hinted at working with KANU saying the
Independence party is a more natural home for Rift
Valley voters than the Jubilee Alliance Party (JAP).
This was after his political rivalry with the Deputy
President burst at the seams after he declared that
Ruto was unfit to rule terming him a “roaming
dictator”.

It is majorly because of this that the meeting
between Senator Moi, who has declared his interests
in vying for the country’s top seat, and the three
critics of the Deputy President, has fuelled
speculation of a political pact between them ahead of
the 2017 general elections.