Mt Kenya's political landscape to feel the heat should Raila get AU job

President William Ruto and Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga at Yoweri Museveni's farm in Kisozi, Uganda. [PCS]

Should opposition chief Raila Odinga get the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship, the after-effects will be experienced not only in his Nyanza turf but also in Mt Kenya, where the political landscape will feel his absence.

The magnetism of Raila's name was aptly captured by the late Vice President Wamalwa Kijana who observed that Kenya's politics has in the last three decades been driven by Raila mania for his adoring fans and Raila phobia for his critics.