By Anderson Ojwang
The marriage is irretrievably broken, and Reconciliation is thrown out of the window. Each is walking back home wounded with a bleeding heart.
The flowers have withered and dried up. Heartbroken and with no more tears to shed, the marriage cannot hold any longer.
No more bromance, pleasantries, and pampering its fights and counterplots. Everyone for himself and God for us all.
The potato is steaming hot. The smell is inviting but too hot to handle and chew. From a distance, admirers of the potato can only ogle but cannot access, it for fear of backlash.
A volcanic eruption threatens the Mountain while the Valley is ready for the lava from the volcano. The calm in Valley is so telling while the restiveness in the Mountains portends an implosion and explosion.
The 15 years of political marriage between the Mountain and the Valley now looks to have broken down to unreconcilable with the latter currently wooing the Lake in a new arrangement.
Interestingly, the Valley marriage with the Lake broke down during the grand coalition government with the former decamping to the Mountain where a new union was consummated that drove immediate former President Uhuru Kenyatta and the current President William Ruto into power in the 2013 elections.
Just like the musical chair, the Lake is currently the bride, the Valley is looking up to for a new political dispensation ahead of the 2027 Presidential elections.
The disillusioned and restive Mountain is contemplating a new journey after being estranged from the union and shares withdrawn.
On the weekend, Kenyans and the world witnessed a cocktail of political events that shaped the emerging political terrain in the country after the National Assembly impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
And it’s emerging that should the Senate uphold the impeachment of Rigathi, the Mountain looks to be least interested in the DP post and it’s becoming a hot potato to would-be suitors from the region who may be angling for the seat.
Already possible inheritors to the throne are being mentioned and include Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru, Internal Security Cabinet Secretary Prof Kithuri Kindiki, former cabinet minister Mutai Kagwe, and Muranga Governor Irungu Kangata among others.
The restiveness and volatility in Mt Kenya were witnessed after several MPs got a backlash from the residents for supporting the impeachment of Rigathi with some allegedly being ejected from social joints in the region.
To cap it, MP Mwangi Kiunjuri in his X accounts previously Twitter wrote “ I can see dark days in our country. This impeachment of DP Rigathi Gachagua will bring more harm to our nation. I ask Willaim Ruto and the Senate to withdraw this motion. Mt Kenya people are not happy.
He went further to write “ The ground in Mt Kenya is slippery. Most of us elected leaders can’t step into our constituencies unless we have the blessing of DP Rigathi Gachagua because he’s acceptable in the region. William Ruto should consider withdrawing the impeachment motion,”.
Last Sunday, President William Ruto was expected at a Church service in Embu County but canceled and instead attended one at the AIC Milimani Church in Nairobi.
The embattled Deputy President attended the church service his boss had skipped, where he asked Kenyans to remain peaceful and that his hope was with Judiciary to vindicate him.
But President Ruto who later spoke in Nairobi said he rescheduled his diary to attend the church’s 30th anniversary celebration instead and cited a long-standing connection with the congregation.
The president explained that he was forced to cancel other programs because his commitment to the AIC Milimani celebration was personal.
“When the senior pastor told me that I had been sent an invitation for this celebration, I told him I was going to struggle because it was not in my diary. My diary was committed somewhere else, I had to negotiate with people in other places because I didn’t want to miss these celebrations. Because there is something truly to celebrate about Milimani,” he explained.
Attempts by various religious leaders to reconcile the President and his Deputy went south, with Rigathi left to face the Assembly which finally impeached him.
Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya, Jackson Ole Sapit had early called for dialogue and reconciliation between President Ruto and his deputy to avoid in stability in the country.
The religious leaders had appealed to President Ruto and his deputy to set aside their political differences for the sake of the country’s peace and unity.
Pentecostal Voices of Kenya Association Chairman Apostle Peter Manyuru called on Ruto to break his silence and address the political tension.
“As a father of the nation, we expect you to break this deafening silence and relieve the tension in the country. It is not healthy for the nation,” said Apostle Manyuru, echoing the sentiments of many Kenyans who fear the consequences of unresolved leadership rifts.
But President Ruto has maintained studious silence as Rigathi battles to save his political career from being guillotined.
Bishop Kenneth Adiara, the newly elected General Superintendent of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God-Kenya warned that the rift between the President and his deputy has the potential to cause divisions in government.
“The President has gone silent. As a church, we urge him to come out and break the ice so that the country can come together again. Let them dialogue as they were paired during the election,” Adiara said.
“It is clear that most of their political marriages are not genuine, hence they find it difficult to work together. What is happening is a clear manifestation that these leaders were cheating us the electorates,” he said.
Political analyst Patrick Ouya said for the Mountain, the return of the deputy president seat no longer matters and they are looking into a new political destiny.
“The Mt Kenya as it is currently has no interest in the seat. The ground is clamoring for a new political destiny. They have lost faith in new the current arrangement and feel cheated,’ he said
