Like his handshake partner President Kenyatta whose Jubilee party was trounced by Ruto's United Democratic Alliance across most of central Kenya and the Rift Valley Odinga has not groomed an obvious successor and his allies such as Orengo and Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka are 71 and 68 years old respectively...

Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka is being touted to stand on the Azimio slate – though he is unwilling to make any commitment until after the Supreme Court ruling – and being a less divisive figure than Wetangula would hope to pick up some KK votes...

Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) won all the four Luo counties both Gusii counties Busia Vihiga and much of the coast while Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper party took the three Kamba counties and pro-Azimio small parties and the rump of the incumbent Jubilee party in the north...

Kalonzo Musyoka and his Wiper party which won 24 seats are widely seen as one of the more biddable groups should Ruto be confirmed as president...

Although Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka was snubbed by Odinga for the presidential running mate slot he kept backing the Azimio coalition; Wiper swept the board in the three Kamba-dominated counties: Machakos Mukueni and Kitui...

Odinga backed by incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta and with key allies Kalonzo Musyoka and deputy presidential nominee Martha Karua's Azimio La Umoja alliance has the opinion poll lead and the establishment voice to support it...

The complex pre-election power-sharing deal between the parties in Odinga's Azimio which brought together Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement Kenyatta's Jubilee Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper party and the Kenya African National Union of Gideon Moi saw the ODM's Tim Wanyonyi abandon his plans to run in favour of Jubilee's candidate Equity Bank executive Polycarp Igathe who will take on Nairobi senator and UDA candidate Johnson Sakaja...

Choosing Karua bumped Odinga ahead of his rival Ruto in the opinion polls but it meant that he disappointed Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka who had expected to the running mate slot having secured in the 2017 elections...

However Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka who had conditioned his support for Odinga on being his running mate has not taken the snub well (AC Vol 63 No 9 Rivals struggle to balance their tickets)...