Another shot at Coast unity but will it hold?

Interim Chairman Umoja Summit Party of Kenya, Matano Chengo (right), Secretary General, Naomi Cidi (centre) and National treasurer, Mtana Maringa (left) displays certificate of registration during the launch of the new Party at Mombasa Club. [Omondi Onyango/Standard]

A group of politicians from the Coast have announced the launch of a new political party, Umoja Summit Party of Kenya (USP).

Like other past unity efforts, the new outfit is attracting scorn, approval and anxiety in equal measure. For Coast supremacists, the new party is a vehicle to achieve coastal political unity with the mantra “speaking with one voice” in national politics.