I’m often perplexed that this incident, given its huge political implications at that time, never gets its rightful mainstream mention. The clarity of this would manifest itself just three years later when ODM delegates descended on the Kasarani Gymnasium on September 1, 2007, to pick their presidential candidate. Raila, having emerged out the 'unelectable' zone largely through a well-oiled mobilisation machine and through Mwai Kibaki’s unending gaffes, easily sailed through. MUDAVADI AS RAILA'S ALTERNATIVEIt easily takes one back to that 2004 moment when Mudavadi would have been the Raila base’s 'alternative presidential candidate'. With the loyal and dependable Raila base now looking ahead to this 'transitional phase', Mudavadi would have been a natural shoe-in.

Source: The Star August 30, 2020 08:26 UTC