The result the signing of a 10-point Memorandum of Understanding on 7 March with Ruto is reminiscent of the 2018 ‘handshake' with Ruto's predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta but offers more perks for the veteran opposition leader (AC Vol 59 No 6 Raila beats rivals to a new deal)...

Matiang'i who was represented at the PLP event has the support of the Jubilee Party founded by former President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ruto but which was reduced to a mere 28 National Assembly seats in 2022...

Kenya's former President Uhuru Kenyatta who presided over an agreement to deploy an EAC force in the Kivus says it was far more effective...

Youth movementIn the third corner is Fred Matiang'i the Interior Cabinet Secretary in Uhuru Kenyatta's government who appears to be positioning himself as the candidate for the Gen Z movement...

He also stated that if former President Uhuru Kenyatta had sought a third term he would have won...

But he advised former Presidents Mwai Kibaki and Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Raila Odinga...

Last month Ruto met with his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta...

In contrast though Odinga was given an AU envoy job as High Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa by Ruto's predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta this was an exercise in symbolism rather than substance...

This was despite Odinga being supported by Uhuru Kenyatta the president at the time a Kikuyu and son of the country's founding president (AC Vol 65 No 17 Kenyatta's favourite minister plans presidential bid)...