A scorched earth military strategy destroys or burns all resources that might be useful to the enemy. Opposition chief Raila Odinga is going flat out to stamp his authority on Western in a "scorched earth policy" to neutralise ODM rebels who are obstructing his presidential quest. Cord's tentative timetable indicates Raila will start his Western engagements in a week — with a first stop “We will play scorched earth politics. In a clear indication the firebrand lawmaker will not support Raila in 2017, the youthful MP publicly regretted supporting Raila for President instead of Musalia Mudavadi in 2013.

Source: The Star July 08, 2016 02:15 UTC