Why Raila will never be president

I have waited for two decades for the nation to heal but it is likely to lapse back to ethnicity and political intolerance going by the party realignments currently going on.

My focus is on Raila Amollo Odinga; one politician born with a mission. The 71 year-old politician has weathered many storms and right when we hope he will throw in the towel and bow out of politics, he re-engineers his way back into the political center-stage. 

In 1997, he entered the presidential contest only to emerge distant third. In 2007 he tried his luck again but the ghosts of stolen elections played homage to the power of incumbency and his chief rival Mwai Emilio Kibaki was sworn in as president.

His 2007 strategy to win the presidency must have been the best in the history of the country. It is that ingenuity that earned him the Prime Minister's position; a grafting into the constitution to appease the martyrs of democracy. He lost 2013 elections and I believe that was his last chance.

Kenya's democracy has shifted from Human Rights democracy to Economic democracy and this is not Raila's mission. That is why 2017 presidential elections will not favor the 'enigma' of Kenyan politics.

Raila has one option and one option only; preside over anointing a new leader to take Kenyans to the Promised Land. He will not set foot on the Promised Land. It is a haunting and chaotic reality that is starting to play out now as we look towards 2017 elections.

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The symbolic collapse of the podium while addressing supporters in Malindi, is a sign of a similar occurrence in April 2008. This is when the table gave way minutes after signing a coalition pact with the disputed winner of the 2007 elections which gave way to the popular 'nusu mkate' government with Mwai Kibaki.

Legacies are important. They are gifts we give future generations. Raila has one last chance to pass the baton of leadership. It is his mission to prepare the way for the winner and the nation's liberator. Prepare the way now Agwambo; the mysterious one!