Nairobi, May 5 -- President William Ruto's approval of a single deputy party leader position in the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) has handed DP Rigathi Gachagua a major win in his succession ambition.

The decision to amend the UDA constitution to delete provision for three deputy party leaders' slots, however, appears to jolt Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi's plan of folding his Amani National Congress (ANC) party.

It was widely expected that Mr Mudavadi would have benefited from one of the slots in what could have elevated him in President Ruto's 2032 succession matrix.

Mr Mudavadi recently hinted at another political "earthquake", on the day he gave indications of his plans to fold ANC to join UDA ahead of the 2027 electi...