Raila’s spokesman Dennis Onyango, at the height of the turmoil in ODM pitting Raila against Siaya Senator James Orengo, said they were taking a new path. In a tweet at that time, Onyango said, "Power is never negotiated or retained through loud public pronouncements.”“Negotiating and retaining power have little to do with law or education. In his most recent hard-hitting statement condemning police excesses in the Bonchari by-election, Raila took the blame, shielding the President. Former ODM director of strategy Wafula Buke said Raila has no option but to play ball with the establishment. ODM chairman John Mbadi said wisdom comes with Raila’s age and his party leader is looking at politics beyond himself.

Source: The Star May 29, 2021 02:18 UTC