The fate of ‘three NASA musketeers’ lies in loyalty

From left, NASA co-principals Musalia Mudavadi, Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetang’ula at Wiper offices after they failed to show up at the Uhuru Park ‘swearing in’ of Raila Odinga on January 30, 2018. [File, Standard]

When they failed to turn up for ODM leader Raila Odinga’s mock swearing-in on January 30, 2018, they fastened their joint fate in a triple-knot. Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper), Musalia Mudavadi (Amani National Congress) and Moses Wetang’ula (Ford Kenya) will stand together, or perish separately. 

They are the latter day Three Musketeers, in the fashion of Alexandre Dumas’ three inseparable characters in his 1844 eponymous novel. Like Dumas’ characters, their motto in 2020 and beyond must be “One for all and all for one”.