Youthful political leaders who believe Kibaki's good times can return

ODM leaders led by Secretary General Edwin Sifuna during service at Coast PAG church, Kawangware, Nairobi, on January 25, 2026. [Benard Orwongo, Standard]

The world is being treated to a new breed of leaders, those who defy the norms and still make sense because the presumed norms make no sense. In defying the norms despite the odds in terms of exercising raw power, they inspire hope that eventually good things would come. They also represent a generation shift in that they tend to be youngish, daring, and well exposed to earthly matters. Each sounds like novelty and yet strikingly resembles heroes of the past who inspired people in their time.