AJUOK: Why government of national unity under Ruto is a terrible idea

In Kenya’s political conversations, there is consensus that the 1982 attempted coup was what turned President Daniel arap Moi into a paranoid, rabid dictator, who would go on to create a police state and to crack down on democracy and basic freedoms. This school of thought avers that coming so close to losing power drove Moi into consolidating it even more, as well as into seeing traitors, enemies and saboteurs everywhere.