Do not be too hard on Orengo and Murkomen

Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen and his Siaya counterpart James Orengo in Naivasha in 2017. [Anthony Gitonga]

Events of the past weeks have had many of us tied up in knots. It is said all that matters in politics are interests, hence the phrase; there are no permanent enemies (and friends) in politics.

So, many of us couldn’t fathom the metamorphosis of, say, James Orengo from a firebrand, progressive politician, ill-at-ease with power to the government apologist he is now.