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The post-election power struggle between President William Ruto and his opposition rival RailaOdinga has taken a significant turn.

This is not the first time Raila Odinga has organised large scaleprotests against election results.

In 2018 the then-President Uhuru Kenyattabuilt an alliance with him and went on to support him in last year's vote.

Unlike previous post-election protests Mr Odinga and Mr Kenyatta foundthemselves the targets of violence.

The looters at the Kenyatta farm said it was retaliation for losses made by businesses due to theprotests organised by Mr Odinga and which they say are sponsored by Mr Kenyatta.

Those comments andtheir actions seemed to echo the words of the leader of the majority inparliament, Kimani Ichung'wah, who said at the weekend that Kenyatta's property was at risk: "That is mymessage to none other than Uhuru Kenyatta, the sponsor, sole sponsor, singularfinancier of Azimio and mercenary that is Raila Odinga."

There is no evidence Mr Kenyatta is funding Mr Odinga.

The offices of a factory linked to Mr Odinga and his family were alsoattacked.

When I spoke to him after Monday's attacks, Mr Ichung'wah didn't provide any evidence that Mr Odinga and Mr Kenyatta have instigated violence or that Mr Kenyatta was financing Mr Odinga.

I further asked Ichung'wah if people were acting on his words, but he denied it, saying he simply said the "choices" Mr Kenyatta makes will have "consequences at the end of the day".

I also put it to him that the attacks looked organised, but he saidonly the people who carried out the attacks can tell you who organised them.

The men in this political tussle have all worked with eachother at some point.

Mr Ruto was Mr Odinga's running mate in 2007, he then went on tobe Mr Kenyatta's deputy president for 10 years and now MrOdinga and Kenyatta areallies.

After all, Kenya's political and business elites are tiny in numberand often closely linked.

There's often a sort of gentleman's agreement reached after eachelection cycle between opposing sides.

Attacks on individual properties, eventhough we don't know how they were organised, call that general understandinginto question.