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'Mimi ndio Sifuna': Why people are seeking political change

ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna. [File, Standard] 

When an individual’s name morphs into a metaphor, it signals a crisis of representation. What began as an individual introducing himself has become a slogan. “Mimi ndio Sifuna; I am Sifuna.” Yet, this is elliptical. The meaning is incomplete.

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