By OTIENO OTIENOMore by this AuthorIn the Luo song “Jater Onyono Paka”, the singer captures the tribulations of an unwanted widow inheritor in a most dramatic way. The singer doesn’t explicitly tell us how Jater (the widow inheritor) reacts to this embarrassing eviction notice from the household’s presumably lowliest member. Advertisement“Jater Onyono Paka” gives us a glimpse into the power relations, the communication patterns and the illusions within a cultural relationship that best typifies a marriage of convenience. For the better part of the Uhuru Kenyatta administration since 2013, Dr Ruto has been something of a co-President. POWER ILLUSIONSBut reports in recent days suggest that, like the poor widow inheritor, Dr Ruto has been having illusions of power all along.

Source: Daily Nation January 19, 2020 00:56 UTC