It is sad to note that all this Struggle by the late Jaramogi, and by his son Raila, has been but a most feeble attempt at achieving true freedom.
What has our pre and post-indepence history been about? Lust for power and wealth among the connected few. Everything else has been a disguise.
Mr. Odinga seems not to have realized that the path to reform is Spiritual rather than institutional. For ultimately, institutions obey the Spirit of the times. And neither did his father realize this. Picture the fate of Ford party, when all the 'opposition' luminaries crumbled. We failed to grasp the Spirit of freedom then, and now, thanks to poor leadership, we are going lower into the abyss.
No. Rao shouldn't even try to go back to Parliament, not unless he wants to continue negating the path to reform.