Raila must repackage himself as the political landscape is jolted yet again

It’s unlikely that Raila’s ODM, the principal partner in the CORD coalition, can crank up the planned, week-end long 10-year party celebrations to match or even eclipse the Jubilee grandeur unfolding in Nairobi. Politics is about perceptions.PHOTO: COURTESY

The tectonic plates that shape the country’s political landscape are set to shift again. In terms of proportion, the launch of Jubilee Party perhaps compares to the momentous political developments witnessed in 1991, 2002 and 2008. They’re moments that changed our politics in fundamental ways.

In 1991, within the backdrop of a wave of democratisation sweeping across the globe, multipartyism was ushered in following the repeal of section 2A of the Constitution.