Beware of politics of deceit playing out

The wailers are at it again. The perennial political losers have begun raising their voices in a refrain that is, by now, all too familiar.

Close to the 2013 General Election, the trigger of some Luhya leaders' grouses against the Orange Democratic Party (ODM) was honourable Musalia Mudavadi’s disgruntlement with the party’s election laws, which he claimed disadvantaged other presidential hopefuls against party leader Raila Odinga. But while that is so much water under the bridge, at the centre of the latest outburst is ODM Secretary General Ababu Namwamba.