Nairobi, Oct. 11 -- Deputy President William Ruto has had a series of brainstorming meetings at his Karen residence every evening since Thursday, when police crushed his planned public meeting in Nyamira, to map out ways of circumventing the Public Order Act invoked by the National Security Advisory Committee (NSAC) to lower the political temperature.
Stung by the security agency's bold move, the DP quickly summoned his trusted lieutenants, who include elected politicians and other advisers, to weigh the options at his disposal.
The Cabinet chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta later met to ratify resolutions of the NSAC, which has placed stricter conditions on all political gatherings in what observers have largely criticised as tailor-mad...