NASA leader Raila Odinga yesterday hosted his fellow principals Kalonzo Musyoka and Musalia Mudavadi in what might be looked at as a last ditch effort to hold the Opposition coalition together and avert a fall out. The three have since the contentious swearing-in, been pulling at cross purposes as they individually plot for a future in Kenyan politics where friendships are forged over a little less than a hand shake and enmity borne out of the mundane.

Yesterday marked the first time the co-principals came face-to-face with ODM delegates, who continue to hold the belief that Kalonzo and Mudavadi betrayed Raila when he needed him most, forcing him to be sworn in alone. Loggerheads “I hear people saying Wiper is fighting with ODM, ANC and Ford Kenya. We are like a normal home setting where disputes are bound to happen. That doesn’t mean NASA is crumbling,” Raila said.  “Even in the institution of marriage, those who have a wife will tell you it is not happiness every day, there are always differences. The same is happening in NASA, we may differ but that does not mean our house is crumbling,” said the Opposition chief at the ODM National Governing Council (NGC).