Nairobi, March 3 -- President William Ruto's meeting with Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni this week shouldn't have been big news. They had been political buddies after all.

Except they hadn't been reading from the same script lately, after Uganda opted for a plan B in importing oil and sued Kenya at the East African Court of Justice (EACJ). This week, fuelled by his own needs, President Ruto travelled to Kisozi in western Uganda, where he met with President Museveni.

In the meeting there was also Raila Odinga, Kenya's opposition leader who Nairobi wants to be the next African Union Commission chairperson, and has been lobbying neighbours like Uganda for votes. Who exactly fixed the meeting is still a matter of conjecture, although c...