Sweet walk way to new constitution-PM mistep.

In the wake of sustained political assault, Raila is forced to eat humble pie, as he climbs down from his stand point over the form the executive structure of of government should take in the new constitution.

It is no secret that, what the CoE draft suggested for structure of Govt is what he has always pitched for; PM runs Govt as the CEO while the president merely heads the state.

His flight of fantasy is set to suffer still birth yet again.

How so, indulge me:

Multiple split in ODM over constitution.

The ODM brigade abandoned their captain on this matter.

Ruto has left no doubt that he is taking the opposite view from Raila’s if only to spite the man. He has advocated for one centre of power and gone ahead to offer that he prefers the presidential system .

This was however didn’t come as a surprise, though the blow it has dealt Raila can not be over emphasised.

What is curious is the positions taken by certain independent minded personalities within ODM such as Minister Oparanya who dismissed the hybrid system of Govt the day Raila was holding a retreat for loyal party Mps in Mombasa to discuss the CoE draft.

Oparanya was in Western province speaking his mind, about the mindlessness of adopting such an hydra for our constitution. Quite telling!

Other ODM Mps such as Ababu Namwamba who constitute the PSC have suffered Raila arm twist in the past – when he rebelled by amongst other things calling for official parliamentary opposition. Raila went to his Bundalangi backyard to undermine him. Soon Namwamba found himself getting booed at home!

Just as he was fixed politically, so might he wish to pay back in the same coin.

In this category you may comfortably include Balala who will be keen to retun the favour he has been getting from Raila lately.

The North Eastern ODM brigade isn’t too enthusiastic towards the captain anymore either.

For PM the situation couldn’t get any worse. Poor guy.

And by the way what was Mudavadi quoted as saying, by yesterday’s Sunday Nation – I must admit I took that with tinge of salt, - a misquote, well you never know.

With things falling apart so dramatically, Raila’s bargaining power is hopelessly whittled down, as his stump card was the numbers he controlled in parliament .

He is akin to a naked man, his soft underbelly is exposed, he must compromise at zero option.

In his guile he may variously pretend to so acquiesce for his love of the country.

Whatever he does, this is a battle he is ill equipped to engage in, as the odds are hopelessly stacked against him.

Politically it is no small matter as a loss here has more than symbolic implications. As he gets subdued, his adversaries will be buoyed and all the more ready to go for the jugular.

I bet the likes of of Ruto want him to stick to his persuasions of executive PM and ceremonial president as suggested by the CoE as we go to the referendum so that they can make mince meat of him.

This is indeed strange terrain.

Surprisingly Mutahi Ngunyi's website is not accessible. I wonder why? I have read his last few articles from there but now i can't access it.

I am no fan of RAO, but I admire his pragmatism in this case. He found out that the public was firmly against two centres of power in the new constitution. He knew that he would lose badly in the referendum if he maintained his hybrid stance and immediately changed his position.

@ngalaka....@robinhood is right. Raila just read the public mood...in politics you don't fight the public, you make the public fight for you.

Now that majority of us have expressed a differing opinion from Raila's, he knows that the game is over....and don't think the likes of Ruto have won against Raila, it is me and you who has for once prevailed...they knew the die was cast the moment CoE said that majority of kenyans wanted to elect their own leader and realized that the KATUMANI (hybrid) version wont go down with us very well...

If you ask me what we should be doing right now i would say is to tell the MPigs we don't want any more of them..the 220 are already a nightmare to us!!

@Ngalaka.

I think you are missing the point.A wise worrier knows which battles to fight and which ones not to,and for a politician reading the public mood is key for one's survival given that politics is a game of numbers.If you are following the current tribulations of Obama you understand what im talking about.

And on the Obama/Mccain and Man u issue...uve got it upside down you seem to be mixing apples and oranges.Our focus should be on what is good for Kenya but not who has feared defeat or not.It has been an open secret that the current hybrid set-up is not good for our country due to contradicting directives from the two offices,but this can be solely blamed on the armophous document that sanctioned the system.

@Ngalaka,

Now thats sober.But i hope you wont accuse me of shifting goal posts :)

P.S. ITS ZAKUMI N NT ZANGUMI...IM NT A boxer <tehehe>!

What is this preocupation with RAO this RAO that.
From the look of things RAO is going to retire from active politics after this term.

@Robinhood,

Sawa tunakubali yaishe.

Ruto found the right concotion to put paid to this guy.
He's been dealt a major blow.
He eats humble pie while Ruto eats meat pie ama ni Mau pie.

Sunday Nation yesterday - Mutahi Ngunyi -

http://www.nation.co.ke/...4/-/5qvtjt/-/index.html

In his column Abdinasir also castigated RAO for insincerity and lack of principles.