In the aftermath of the 2024 Gen Z protests that had brought down the finance bill and cost lives, President William Ruto made an unexpected move. He dissolved most of his cabinet and invited the opposition, including Raila Odinga's ODM party, to join a broad-based government.
Cabinet positions were distributed across former rivals. It was, depending on your perspective, a pragmatic response to a crisis, a betrayal of the voters who had backed one side against the other, or a necessary stabilisation of a country that had been pushed to breaking point by a combination of economic pain and youthful fury.
Kenya, as always, was complicated.