William Ruto’s Dilemma and The Upcoming Jubilee NEC

The future of the Jubilee party may be resting on a knife’s edge but what Deputy President William Ruto is currently going through is not anything to wish even on a mortal enemy. Picture this: His attendance of the upcoming Jubilee NEC meeting to be convened anytime from Thursday as announced by Jubilee Secretary-General Raphael Tuju on Tuesday 26^th May, 2020 (he also intimated that unnamed elements are using the party’s stationery to propagate views and opinions that are contrary to the party’s collective worldview) that will be chaired by party leader President Uhuru Kenyatta would automatically mean that he [Ruto] recognises the authority of the NMC that was recently constituted and, by extension, endorses the cataclysmic changes affected in the Senate and further (read imminently) to be made in other areas, most notably the National Assembly in the coming week or so.

On the other hand, should he fail to attend the NEC, that move alone could—and most certainly will—be construed as insubordination and would give his enemies the wherewithal to further vilify him and tighten the noose apparently around his neck. William Ruto, then, is trapped between the Devil and the deep blue sea. Ironically, Ruto’s future in Jubilee now lies in the hands of Uhuru, Murathe and Tuju, and to a lesser extent Ruto himself.

My question is this: Does William Ruto have the cojones to finally face Uhuru and strike a long-awaited retaliatory blow? Or should he resign to save himself the humiliation that undoubtedly awaits at and most certainly post NEC?

We would love to hear what you think.