Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been in the news recently because of his role in the disastrous Iraq war. Very likely there are less prominent politicians who would be equally bitter in claiming Mudavadi promised them this or that, but did not deliver. Brown did get to serve a single term as PM. The process of ascending to the highest office in any country seems to intrinsically involve making promises that — with the best goodwill in the world — simply cannot be kept. It took the deeply controversial 2007 general election, and the subsequent post-election violence, to compel the creation of a coalition government in which Raila became Prime Minister.

Source: The Star July 09, 2016 09:56 UTC