PromisesTo build his Kenya Kwanza coalition Ruto promised senior positions to a handful of regional and ethnic kingpins the most prominent of which were the two Luhya leaders: Amani National Congress's (ANC) Musalia Mudavadi now prime cabinet secretary and National Assembly Speaker Ford Kenya's Moses Wetangula (AC Vol 63 No 22 A different kind of cronyism)...

Ruto bought off former Odinga allies such as Musalia Mudavadi Alfred Mutua and Moses Wetang'ula new National Assembly speaker leaving some gaps in the market...

The National Assembly will hold its first sitting on 8 September where Ruto's Kenya Kwanza lawmakers will expect to use its narrow majority and co-opted independents to secure Ford-Kenya's Moses Wetangula as Speaker (AC Vol 63 No 17 Pricing Ruto's promises)...

Such is the transactional nature of Kenyan politics that the division of post-election spoils was set out in the pre-election deal brokered after the Amani National Congress (ANC) led by Musalia Mudavadi and Ford Kenya under Moses Wetangula switched camps from Odinga to Ruto in late January (Dispatches 24/1/22 Musalia Mudavadi springs January surprise as he backs Deputy President Ruto)...

Moses Wetang'ula's FORD-Kenya took Bungoma but lost Trans-Nzoia...

But it was his fellow westerner Moses Wetang'ula and his Ford-Kenya who delivered far more votes from the region to Ruto...

The rival Kenya Kwanza team behind Ruto his deputy presidential nominee Rigathi Gachagua and ex-ministers Musalia Mudavadi and Moses Wetang'ula are confident that on the day they will restore the lead they held until May (Dispatches 24/1/22 Musalia Mudavadi springs January surprise as he backs Deputy President Ruto)...

Odinga's campaign has alleged the Greek company Inform Lykos (Hellas) SA Holding which won the contract to provide ballot papers for the elections has printed too many of them and held secret meetings with Ford-Kenya leader Moses Wetang'ula a key Ruto ally (AC Dispatches 15/7/22 Rows over contractors and pollsters sound alarms ahead of August vote)...