It is high time our compatriots from Luo Nyanza emancipated themselves from Odingaism. It is almost a cult. You need to read the signs of time and realize that as an individual or a group, you do not benefit in any way by staking your lives for these leaders. It is an open secret that you swim in abject poverty and your region is pathetically underdeveloped. The Tujus of this world had a development agenda for you but you blindly rejected them. If you do not wake up today, you will be miles away in terms of development from other regions.

They are used poverty and being poor.
It doesnt harm them any longer.

@MsKenya, IMHO, and with much respect and admiration for Philip Ochieng, what I make of his article on Sunday is that he is bashing RAO. Now the timing is curious, why did it coincide with the activities of the KANU orphans? I maybe wrong lakini Philip has a queer history of singing the tunes of the highest paymaster.

.....now that agwambo is an 'international mediator'... Luo nyanza may not be in any hurry to wake up....

Not without a change in leadership no Kenyan County would develop by much. Probably have the same politicians or their clones running things at County level.

I did and was kinda jazzed that he would think that given he's one of them..

some opinions are misguided and can only believed by people who are not widely traveled. poverty has spread throughout the country and if you think what i am saying is a fallacy, try thing of your grand mother's living conditions (wherever she is). our Nyanza neighbors may be having a problem that they hope will be solved by 'serikal' but there is development pia huko.

Poverty, disease etc is not isolated to Luo Nyanza but if you look objectively the underdevelopment of the area is something to be worried about given the number of professionals from the area before and after independence...my 2 cents

I think there is a ray of hope. With the new constitution, gava largesse will no longer be through the prezzo, but through the committee on revenue allocation. As such, some historical wrongs may be righted. That said, Luo Nyanza is the only place notorious for ignoring development oriented leaders in favour of Raila sycophants. It will take a very long time for Nyanzan's to change their attitude.

I think part of it is cultural. Pride, penchant for politics and "Know it all" attitude is Luos biggest misgiving. Met a watchman in Kisumu who I greeted in swahili but he responded in english. Habari ? Am very fine . hehe