Top human rights crusader becomes Jubilee cheerleader

I am in mourning even as I scribe this column. That’s because Ambassador Koki Muli Grignon, one of Kenya’s two top envoys at the UN in New York, used to be a close colleague and friend. But as they say, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Nothing signifies this truism more than the rise — and fall — of Ms Muli Grignon.

Once the doyen of electoral systems, Ms Muli Grignon has become a hummingbird for Jubilee. A megaphone and contortionist for make-believe virtues she once deemed vicious. My friend has denied her legacy — and betrayed her conscience. She is a modern-day Mulu Mutisya, the beguiling tribalist who concocted NAU (New Akamba Union), GEMA’s opposite number. Let’s dig deeper.