By Thomas Chemelil
For almost a decade, I have followed comrade Amolo Odinga in his political sojourn which has been riddled will melodramatic twists and turns. He has continuously played the role of villain in Kenya's political stage.
Like a marionette, we have continuously twisted him on stage to suite our story, both foe and friend being guilty of this.
Yet it saddens me to see him exit the stage in such an ignominious and less exciting manner. Like all legendary figures of African tales, the hero is not immortal. His end comes.
For Raila, It has been always a case of so near, yet so far. That such a man who has fought so hard to liberate our country should exit without a trophy to show for his efforts saddens even the harshest of his critics, me included.
I have had cut-throat discourses with his die-hard supporter- Edward Igesa- who has spared no apt adjective to describe his hero. I have always sought to convince him that Raila lacks the strategy to win the Presidency.
Unfortunately, Edward has always been blinded by his worship of baba. I have however forgiven him on the ground that Elizabeth Akata and Mohammed Logonze have always misguided him through inculcating in him their wild ideologies and faith.
Yet the man of the gods has not shied away from the sacrosanct duty to pass the message of the gods to these wayward adherents. I have spared no chance to shout it from the mountain tops every single message of the oracles to the mortals.
As comrade Amolo fights to salvage his fledgling political image, allow me to shed a tear of friendliness to this great hero of our land.
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