Kenya Kwanza is blundering, but mass protests will hurt our fragile economy

Migori Town residents demonstrate over the high cost of leaving following the call from the Azimio one Kenya leader Raila Odinga. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard]

In his most philosophical statement, the late Professor George Saitoti said 'there comes a time when the nation is more important than any single individual'. Such a moment has come when someone must boldly tell the former Prime Minister that 'Raila is not Kenya, and Kenya is not Raila'.

We are a nation of about 50 million people with equal rights and freedoms under the Constitution. No single individual may appropriate these rights and freedoms to the detriment of the rest of us, regardless of their status in society.

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