On Thursday, September 15, Azimio La Umoja One Kenya leader Raila Odinga secretly jetted back into the country days after he took a vacation with his family to ‘reflect and heal’ after losing the presidency to William Ruto.
In an angry first address, the former Prime Minister said the Judiciary is rogue after it upheld the election of William Ruto as the fifth President and promised to lead major reforms in the Judiciary and the IEBC.
However, on Friday, September 16, political analyst Edward Kisiang’ani opined that Raila is technically forcing his way into the Kenya Kwanza government.
“He (Raila Odinga) is threatening a one million man march on the Judiciary to illegally force his way into government just like he did under the Kibaki and Uhuru regime,” Kisiang’ani said.
Kisiang’ani however said this time round Raila will not succeed in being accommodated in William Ruto’s government as was the case during late President Mwai Kibaki and retired President Uhuru Kenyatta.
“Azimio leader Raila Odinga is at it again… it won’t work now! Ruto is neither Kibaki nor Uhuru,” the analyst said.
His remarks come just days after governance expert Barrack Muluka suggested that Raila was angling for another handshake with President William Ruto.
After the disputed 2007/08, Raila disputed the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) presidential results that declared late President Mwai Kibaki the president where Raila was later awarded the Prime Minister position.
After losing the presidency in 2017, Raila once again filed a petition where the Supreme Court nullified President Uhuru Kenyatta’s win and ordered a repeat of the election.
The then NASA presidential flag bearer did not participate in the repeat of the election and led protests against IEBC until he was accommodated by the now retired President Uhuru Kenyatta.
