Raila’s last stab must renew hope among a frustrated electorate

Raila Odinga hands in his presidential nomination bundles to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) today. As he does so, he will probably want to remember that he is going out to ask for votes from an electorate that is ahistorical.

The voter has no memory of Kenya’s time meridian. And he cares little for the fabled Second Liberation, Raila’s trump card. He must, therefore, repackage himself for a national constituency in love with its collective amnesia. Kenyans don’t know their story and they don’t want to.