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It didn’t start with Raila and Kalonzo: The road to State House is littered with broken promises

President Daniel Moi and Raila Odinga in Kasarani in 2001 [File, Standard]

Kenya’s political landscape is littered with dishonoured and discarded political and coalition pacts, which have fuelled mega fall outs in the past 25 years. And as the country prepares for the August 9 election, parties and presidential hopefuls are again rushing to craft new ones, dust up old Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs), call up old political debts and demand that their allies reciprocate. 

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