Time will tell whether Azimio holds together following recent changes

ODM leader Raila Odinga with NARC Kenya's Martha Karua during a past meeting. [Emmanuel Wanson, Standard]

The Azimio la Umoja coalition is rebooting and has acquired new political players to give it a moral boost. It reactivated Raphael Tuju, former Jubilee secretary-general, as the Azimio secretariat executive. It also assimilated Wiper’s Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka and Narc-Kenya’s Martha Wangari Karua.

Previously, Kalonzo and Martha led an alternative called One Kenya Alliance (OKA) to compete with Azimio and the Kenya Kwanza movements. OKA, despite attracting leaders from different parties, remained divided, suspicious, and seemingly available to be lured. It disintegrated as party leaders chose different times to jump into, and reinforce, Azimio.