Has the West abandoned Raila for calling street protests?

American Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec with other ambassadors briefs the media after meeting IEBC commissioners at the bomas of Kenya on 2nd September 2017 [PHOTO: DAVID GICHURU STANDARD]

The last two weeks have been a diplomatic nightmare for National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga as he seemed to lose his allies in the West.

But the writing has been on the wall since the Supreme Court ruled on September 1 that the August 8 General Election, in which incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta was declared winner, had been bungled. The court nullified the election and ordered a fresh one which took place last Thursday.