What if Raila Odinga had contested in Homa Bay?

The unusual silence from supporters of Jubilee Government when former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s name surfaced in the Homa Bay senatorial seat contest was deafening. It was, however, clear that the day Raila would have clinched the ODM certificate for the position is the day his political opponents would have ensured his down fall. Other scenarios would have also come with such a move by the CORD principal, and instead of consolidating his support, he would have lost big.

Raila’s getting into Senate would have meant Kalonzo Musyoka remains the only fellow CORD principal still languishing in the political cold, making him quite vulnerable to the allure of Jubilee offers, which, if he had accepted, would have seen the writing of CORD’s obituary. Kalonzo would have been blamed for failing to replace former and late Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo.