Why return of 'Baba Yao' bodes well for future of politics in the city and beyond

Some people just have them. Where some folks toil all their lives to set foot in the august House, sinking small fortunes in the process, there are those who can cast a dice and decide which seat they covet and simply pick it, as Ferdinand Waititu, also known as “Baba Yao,” illustrated this week.

His nickname means the father of them all, and Baba Yao has lived to the true meaning of his alter ego by walking from Embakasi, which he last represented in Parliament, cutting through the city centre, where he staked a claim in gubernatorial seat and lost, and moved on to Kabete where he was recently elected to Parliament with a landslide.