How 'predatory politics' pushed the final nail on Raila Odinga's presidency

Outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta talks to former National Assembly Speaker Kenneth Marende as Azimo presidential candidate Raila Odinga looks on. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

This political chessboard showed that Raila Odinga graduated from an enigma to a political principality-thus, it was hard for him to win the 2022 elections unless he endorsed someone else. I argued so in an opinion dated September 19, 2021 entitled "Raila can help the other politicians beat Ruto by not going for presidency."

It happened that Raila went for presidency and the dream pounded even when there was hope for him. Then with definiteness, I say, predatory politics pushed the final nail on Raila's possibility of becoming the head of State. Dr Steve Muthoka Mutie, my confrere and literature scholar at Kenyatta University, in his 2018 PhD thesis, included Raila Odinga in the list of the kings who reigned but never ruled Kenya!