The confusion surrounding the NASA presidential ticket would be comical if it weren’t a potential tragedy of good intentions. Whoever gets the NASA ticket, the principals have often said, does not matter so long as the ideological orientation of the movement is right. Last week, a well-planned roadshow emerged, with protesters chanting, “No Mudavadi, No NASA.” The tribal hue was unmissable. The late Wamalwa Kijana, as Vice President, came close to fulling the prophecies of the Ingo legend, the late prophet Elijah Masinde. Unless NASA leaders muster the will, those forces have the motive to subvert attempts to recast public governance.

Source: The Star April 18, 2017 20:26 UTC