The only other part of the country left with high potential land that had a reasonably low population density was the Great Rift Valley. The Rift Valley was to become the safety valve of Kenyan politics, absorbing the many it did, particularly the Gikuyu landless from the so-called White Highlands. This decision of shrewd, albeit cynical, pragmatism guaranteed Kenya a modicum of stability underwritten by an authoritarian, unequal and individualistic dispensation.
Danganya-toto, kwa mfano, ya kumfanya rais wa Zanzibar kuwa makamu wa pili wa rais wa Tanzania, lakini wakati huo huo kuyapeleka madaraka ya Muungano kwa makamu wa kwanza na wa tatu (ambao si lazima wawe Wazanzibari na hata wakiwa hawawakilishi matashi ya Zanzibar kwenye Muungano) kumedhihirisha tu hoja ya wenye siasa kali za kushoto kuelekea Muungano, kwamba Dodoma haitapata usingizi hadi imalize kila alama ya uhuru, uwezo na hadhi ya Zanzibar.