Opalo: Jubilee missteps due to having charlatans for advisors

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga is finally back in the country. Raila comes home to an opposition alliance that has been at sixes and sevens both within and outside of Parliament. It is no wonder that an elaborate welcoming party has been planned, with the hopes of resetting CORD’s agenda as the alternative government in waiting.

The only saving grace for CORD has been Jubilee’s knack for unforced errors. It appears that Jubilee foot soldiers are operating in a previous era, when government officials fell over each other to catch the eye of the president with silly acts of loyalty. This is the logic behind the anti-West statement that came out of Harambee House, Nairobi, a few months ago; and may have been the motivation behind this week’s ban on political rallies by the Inspector General of Police. It also explains why otherwise respectable people have come to find no shame in prostrating themselves as sycophants of their fellow politicians.