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Political realignments and what they portend for key leaders

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Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, Kanu's Gideon Moi, Mwangi Wa Iria (Usawa Kwa Wote), and DAP-K's Eugene Wamalwa. [Joseph Kipsang, Standard]

Political realignments should not surprise Kenyans. Nor should they be seen as acts of betrayal. After all, ours is what Mahatma Gandhi once described as "politics without principle".

We have no ideologies that we subscribe to. And we have a dearth of conviction politicians. Even consensus, often reached in times like these, is reflective of self-serving interests rather than fealty to the nation or its citizens.

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