I ask once again, would the pro-UK group give a compromise candidate from Meru or Embu of the smaller tribes!!?? I wait to see the day this will happen.....

Its gonna happen,....actually this year with the run off being a reality.

@ Lolest: Kweli kabisa,we should not be blamed because we are born of certain families, we all have parents whether poor, rich, peasants, thieves, rapists etc. And we all strive to be better than them, at least in our thinking.

@ Taz, hapana, not all tribes vote in tribal patterns or in a certain way. Western has always been divided, Huko kwa Wiper, the same and same to expansive Rift Valley, and Coast. The biggest problem in this country lies in Central and Nyanza and now the Kales are joining the ranks. one is tempted to thin that when one RAO, WSR or UK is elected president all Luos, Kales and Kiuks will eat 3 quality meals in a day, take their kids to school, et al. But we know the truth, why can't we change our people?

@ harrydre said

“The Luo should rise and realize Odinga is not a god. For the last like 20 years, there has not been any other Luo running for the top seat. That is luck of competitiveness and it's naïve”

@ Yesu Wangu said

‘….The Nyanza model is naive no doubt ‘’ …


Good people, Look at this way from the other side of the coin. RAO is a LEADER of the Luo people. He is not perfect and a leader should not necessarily be perfect or deified. Without a leader, a community’s voice will never be heard and it will be rudderless and resort to things like clannism : Look at the Somalis across the border.

My personal preference would be for RAO to sahau the presidency and go for something else like Nairobi Governor because he is too polarizing a figure.

As a presidential candidate (just like all the others), he has tu-maneno to explain like Maize Scandal, Kisumu Molasses Plant, flip-flopping, nepotism etc etc. The presidency will not define, confirm or alter the fact the he is the Luo leader.

I (and many others) could and will vote for other presidential candidates but RAO will remain the undisputed Luo leader until this leadership mantle is passed on to the next leader. Fidel doesn’t have the qualifications so rest assured the Odinga hegemony will eventually end; but another will rise. And we are happy with that.

Those who cannot comprehend this dichotomy surely cannot see a priest in a black frock standing in a mountain of sugar.

It is not naïvete, It is not ‘Tin God’ worship and all other negative images that people come up with. We do not need ‘Ukombozi’ as Raphael Tuju put it (On Tuju- he needs some education on what ''Community'' is ). We do not need to rise. (Rise and go where- South Sudan?) We are not looking for an alternative leader. We are not looking for an alternative model. We are looking to live as Kenyan Luo’s in a democratic, meritocratic and peaceful Kenya with 40 other tribes as our Kenyan brothers.

This is an African model and it works for us; we don’t need to abolish our culture and evolve into a White Man overnight. We have a leader, we need to accept that and not resort to tribalism against our neighbour’s or hate Okuyo’s and others for no coherent reason. We embrace our Kenyan-ness first and accept our Luo-ness second.