Raila Odinga's quest to topple the government did not end in 1982. Odinga is dreaming of ascending to the presidency by all means necessary; and this time round through a popular revolution.
After the August 8th election when he was humiliated by President Uhuru at the ballot box, Raila wanted to reject the results and use his people to foment an uprising. However, his last minute dash to the courts where the election was nullified delayed his ill intentions.
Faced by imminent defeat in the scheduled repeat Poll, the NASA presidential candidate decided to withdraw from the race hoping to create a constitutional crisis and use the situation as a leverage to negotiate for a caretaker government. This plan was however, thwarted by a High Court ruling that led to more candidates gazetted for the October 26th fresh presidential poll.
Which way for Raila?
Last week, he traveled to United Kingdom and painted the country as a nation in political crisis, with the hope of marshaling the international community to come in and negotiate for sharing of power with Uhuru Kenyatta. Sources reveal that his efforts were futile as those he met advised him to face the incumbent at the ballot.
Revolution agenda
In his speech at Mama Ngina Grounds in the city of Mombasa on Sunday, Raila appeared distressed and spoke with rage. His statements exposed openly his plans for a revolution to overthrow the government of President Uhuru Kenyatta. The current daily demonstrations are designed to provoke violent confrontations with the government, irate the masses and hopefully, be a genesis of a revolution.
Raila's antics
First, Raila is capitalizing on his indoctrinated tribesmen who revere him like a god. He will put the lives of Luos on the firing line and sacrifice a thousands of them with the hope of creating anarchism.
Next strategy will be using the political mobocracy to invite international community to mediate and have elections postponed after his inclusion in a caretaker government.
In his political citadel of Kisumu, Siaya, Migori and Homa Bay, Raila has prepared his notorious goons to disrupt the elections and the situation could be deadly in these areas and puts the lives of IEBC officers at risk. He intends to use his private militia, popularly known as men in black.
The militia is often underestimated but it is now Raila's private army that he uses to mete violence against those he perceives as enemies. Odinga will use this militia in his political bastions to effect his 'No reforms, no election' catchphrase.
By disrupting the election, he will have the opportunity to front the argument of Uhuru's reelection being illegitimate and continue with his agenda.
But the question remains; for how long will Odinga sustain his poor, hungry desperados to remain in the streets until he topples President Uhuru? The voodoo he depends on seems to be his weapon, alongside his zombie followers from the Luo tribe who are the majority of the demonstrators.