Why Raila trip to Washington did not yield much for alliance

National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga went to Washington DC in the hopes of making a case that Kenya was in a political crisis that deserved the intervention of the world’s most powerful democracy. But there was no one in town to hear him. Washington has its own worries and the artificial crisis that is the NASA “resistance wing” is not one of them. America’s sabre rattling with North Korea could escalate.

The fight against ISIS is drawing to a successful close, but this victory, like many other American military victories, will likely be succeeded by extensive political crises. Russia continues to press its information warfare against American democracy.