RAO is not going anywhere soon. he will be in the ballot in 2022.

M0i said they will rule & reign for 100 yrs. 46 to go!

A lion does not simply leave his pride. It has to be taken away from him by force by another lion.

Sadly RAO is the only lion in Nyanza. The likes of Tuju, Dalmas and Kidero are just cubs.

I am of the same opinion. I did not know Jimmy Wanjigi was so much after a Raila win until i saw him join the NASA chiefs at Bomas just before their late meeting with IEBC commissioners. ION, news, who amongst the NASA Principals will be the first to tell Raila off?

In which case if i were Kalonzo or Mudavadi, the time to dump Raila is now!!. They said many bad things about Jubilee and it's supporters and so they really need to redeem themselves pretty first. Use Babu's stubbornness and silly antics to cleanse themselves. Afterall, Babu is finished and all this nonsense seems more of an ODM affair. ama?

Governor-elect Anyang Nyong'o has made the only utterances that exhibit leadership in Luo Nyanza today. He called on people to go back to work and to shun violence. In sum, he knows that his future is aligned with the well-being of the county, and a county that has its economy grind to a halt because Baba was not elected president is not the economy the Mr Nyang'o wants to inherit.

Tuju does not want Baba's mantle. If Tuju is to be a Luo Nyanza leader, he will forge his own following. However, that's a tall order after Jaramogi and Raila have established fanatical followers that see Tuju as a sell-out. Tuju's best bet is to establish himself as a national leader from Nairobi.

Kidero was a one-term wonder. He is the current example of how a successful (?) captain of industry does not a successful politician make. He failed to capture the Nairobi populace's support, he failed to serve the Nairobi populace, and it is almost certain that he will fail to capture the attention of the Luo Nyanza populace.

Dalmas is too old to directly participate in today's politics. So who does this leave? Sen Orengo is busy making utterances that he will regret. He burnt valuable international bridges when he accused President Mahama of Ghana, President Mbeki of South Africa and Secretary Kerry of the USA of being partisan.

I would venture a guess that depending on his ability to uplift Kisumu County to be a better place than he found it, this leaves Gov Anyang Nyang'o as the obvious choice to take over the mantle of national leadership of the Luo Nyanza nation. He is a clear thinker, articulate in word and deed, and he has international support.

Time will tell, but my money's on him. The biggest danger that he faces in this quest is Baba himself. If I can see this, Baba saw it long ago; and, seeing as Baba will want to run again in '22, he will see Gov Nyong'o as a direct threat - so he may start to malign any effort that Gov Nyong'o may make at making something of Kisumu. The next 5 years will be very inetersting indeed.

Wishful thinking.
Zero chance.

Enyewe RAO anashanganya watu wengi

Kisumu will do well once the SGR is done. It sits on a strategic point when you view it from google maps. It sits in the same position as Buffalo, Cleavland, Chicago. The 8 Billion port will be a game-changer. It will give Kisumu trade influence westwards into eastern DRC. With trade comes capital with capital comes political power not the other way round. If the county govt can get its act together especially in spatial planning and urban planning (contain the urban sprawl), it will be more strategic in future. The next 5-10 years will be very interesting. Baba's pending retirement is the natural way of things.

I don't think that NASA as an organization even spent 1Bn on its campaigns, (not considering amounts spent by MP,Gov, MCA, Sen etc in their individual capacities)

Jimmy Wanjigi will be told to go fly a kite