FRM2011 wrote:I doubt uhuru is going to make any mis-step going forward. Courtesy of NIS. I am sure he is well advised on the feelings from the voters.
I usually try and listen to guys in the village whenever I visit upcountry. Best thing is to sit in a hotel or pub during the news broadcast. BTW in nyeri it is always Inooro TV.
My observation. The diehard jubilee supporters (about 30%) are angry at uhuru. They are mostly not analytical and can't grasp complex issues like the debt crisis. But they are feeling economic pain through horrible milk prices, tea and coffee. And reducing remittances from their sons and daughters in the big city. For their economic mess, they are blaming uhuru and his family.
This group will vote for Ruto. "Jubilee has failed let's vote for ruto to punish uhuru". Weird logic but critical thinking is not their forte.
Our own @mpobiz thinks this way.
What percentage of the remaining 70% can be converted to pro-Raila ? Best case scenario 30% max. In any case, this group will record the lowest turnout in voting history.
Correction my fren. We Will vote for Ruto not because we want to punish uhuru.(I don't even know where or what you are smoking because naona ukienda mathare) we will vote ruto because he is next in line in the jubilee succession. Also he is an able leader. He resonates with the masses. And finally because we have to pay a deni. We kikuyu know very well that a promise is a dept .though ruto has categorically stated that we owe him nothing. We in our hearts we know we have to pay. Even uhuru himself owes ruto personality.So we must pay.
Politics is just things to keep the people divided and foolish and put your trust in men and none of them can do nothing for you...