Strange tale of ODM's 'pawa' quest without running for highest office

ODM leader late Raila Odinga with other party leaders during celebrations to mark ODM 20 years in existence.[Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Members of the opposition ODM party have been waiting with bated breath for a review of the implementation of a 10-point plan that its departed leader, Raila Odinga, signed with Prezzo Bill Ruto exactly this week, last year. In corporate lingo, this was a midterm review of the contract.

It's the sort of milestone that would occasion lots of jitters if one had been sleeping on the job, for it would mean termination of contract, which would have left the ruling coalition adrift. As it turned out, there was no cause for alarm because the opposition long went to bed with the government.