Political analyst Herman Manyora has predicted that the crowds which fill Deputy President William Ruto’s political rallies will soon abandon him.
In a session on his YouTube channel, the University of Nairobi Professor analyzed a statement by former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga who said that William Ruto is ahead of Raila Odinga and has a huge political wave.
Contrary to popular belief that the 2022 presidential aspirant rents people to fill his rallies, Manora said Ruto is genuinely adored by many Kenyans.
“It is not fake it is real, I can see it, you can feel it in the air if you live in this country. The hustler thing is real and the numbers are there. He may mobilise people using few resources but the numbers are there,” Manyora said.
The don noted that Kenyans are suffering from economic challenges and unemployment, and William Ruto has presented himself as a savior in this area, hence the huge following.
“This country is doing badly that when someone comes in the scene to give hope by merely riding on the problems people have he definitely gets a following,” he explained.
However, Manyora said that the huge wave that William Ruto has created will disappear because of the societal division it has caused between the common man and those considered rich or well-to-do.
The hustler narrative, he says, is also a contradiction as William Ruto and other leaders claiming to be hustlers are rich.
“One of the biggest challenges that hustler narrative has is it is trading on the dangerous. It is dangerous to divide society into haves and have nots. It is contradictory and self-defeating such that it cannot go far,” Manyora proclaimed.
In an interview on KTN news on Tuesday, November 30, former Chief Justice William Ruto acknowledged that Ruto has captured the masses well with his hustler narrative.
“Dangerous as it may sound, the Hustler thing is challenging the status quo, the haves versus the have-nots,” he said.
