Secession talk is poisonous to our growing economy

I do hope that the secession talk peddled around by a section of the political class is a transient manifestation of sour grapes as a result of a gruelling political contest. Jeer him or not, I want to applaud opposition leader Raila Odinga for he allowed wisdom to prevail when he called off “his swearing-in” that was scheduled for December 12, 2017.

The careless talk by Opposition minions about secession is in bad taste, and is based on no legal or commonsense grounding. I have read and reread the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and have tried to establish the remotest angle upon which secessionist voices are basing their argument on, and couldn’t find any.