Raila is a master alliance builder but cuts image of a fickle political operative

By Barrack Muluka

Prime Minister Raila Odinga is the man of the moment. He is a man being steadily pushed to the political precipice by his coalition partner, PNU and by the William Ruto-Najib Balala faction in his own ODM house. The Premier has opened up at least three battlefronts – one each with President Kibaki, the Ruto-Balala ODM axis and Vice- President Kalonzo Musyoka. The royal battle is on in earnest and the premier is certainly set to remain in the cross hairs of political limelight for long, even as opinion polls continue to give him a clean bill of political life.