NASA line-up was zero on surprise element, low on leadership innovation

NASA principals of during their presidential candidate unveiling rally at Uhuru Park on April 27, 2017. [DENNIS OKEYO, STANDARD]

This past Thursday, there were probably a grand total of five people nationwide expecting the unveiling of a truly New Improved Opposition ‘with Powerfoam Plus’. The rest of the country knew Raila would be the flag bearer and the flag bearer would be Raila. End of story. Some even made spot on predictions of how the ‘NASA principals’ line up’ would look like.

Although the configuration that NASA presented to us at Uhuru park was zero on surprise element and low on leadership innovation, it was high on hidden comedic value. First of all, as Ekuro Aukot aptly put it: “Mudavadi, Ruto & Wetang’ula being promised posts of premier & deputy premiers respectively is like being promised gizzards when slaughtering a goat”.