AJUOK: Running mate headache plagues Ruto and divided opposition
This article explores the historical and political tensions surrounding the selection of deputy presidents in Kenya. It notes that presidents often view their deputies with suspicion, leading to the appointment of politically 'harmless' individuals.
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and DCP boss Rigathi Gachagua. Ever since Independence, the position of vice-president, and later deputy president under the 2010 Constitution, has come with huge doses of intrigue, suspicion, political backstabbing /FILE Ever since Independence, the position of vice-president, and later deputy president under the 2010 Constitution, has come with huge doses of intrigue, suspicion, political backstabbing and humiliation of the holder.
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