Kumekucha Special ExclusiveThis writer has managed to make contact with ODM-Kenya insiders at the center of the ongoing negotiations and what has emerged are some startling revelations.
For starters the ODM-Kenya presidential candidate has more or less already been decided on. My sources say that all the other presidential candidates have agreed on this particular man, save for one major candidate. It is because of this major candidate that negotiations are still going on, otherwise they would have been over a long time ago. So the much-anticipated split in ODM-Kenya over the presidential candidate nomination has not happen and is unlikely to happen.
There is however a huge possibility that the one candidate who is yet to concur with his colleagues, could leave the movement.
So how was the ODM candidate arrived upon? It was really simple. The question was asked of all presidential aspirants; who was capable of delivering their community as a block to ODM-Kenya even if they were not the movement's presidential candidates. Of all the aspirants, it was quickly agreed on that only Raila Odinga was able to do this. And so it has been agreed by consensus that Raila Odinga is the man who will be the ODM-Kenya flag bearer in the forthcoming general elections.
However, as predicted in this blog, the effects of the Steadmann poll on the popularity of presidential candidates will not wear off easily. Kalonzo Musyoka still strongly feels that he would be the presidential candidate with the highest chances of delivering the presidency to ODM-Kenya and is still arguing to that effect even when the writing is clearly on the wall. Will he swallow his pride and back Raila Odinga? It is difficult to say at this juncture, but even if he does withdraw from ODM-Kenya, the damage will be very minimal because only the Akamba community will be missing in ODM-Kenya and it is highly unlikely that they will go to Narc-Kenya, which means that the impact on ODM-Kenya's bid for power will be extremely minimal.
Raila is the candidate that the president's handlers have been preparing for and regular readers of his blog know exactly what kind of tactics are going to be used. Basically we should expect a lot of very effective propaganda on why the Luo cannot lead. Tribal sentiments and animosity that was birthed during the Jomo Kenyatta administration will re-emerge with a vengeance. We will talk about this in more detail, in the days to come.
So the die has been cast. There is no turning back now. Raila Odinga will face Mwai Kibaki in the forthcoming polls. Just remember that you first read this explosive information here, in this, the most popular blog on Kenya.
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