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Political realignments should not surprise Kenyans. Nor should they be seen as acts of betrayal. After all, ours is what Mahatma Gandhi once described as "politics without principle".
We have no ideologies that we subscribe to. And we have a dearth of conviction politicians. Even consensus, often reached in times like these, is reflective of self-serving interests rather than fealty to the nation or its citizens.
To preclude Kenyans from being disappointed by shifting political alliances, it is imperative to understand what they portend. Obviously, there are beneficiaries and losers both in the short term and long term. The immediate beneficiaries of the latest realignments are President William Ruto and his erstwhile political adversary Raila Odinga.
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