Project of powerful minority is enemy of majority

There comes a time when the nation is more important than the individual. Such a time came for the late Prof George Saitoti early 2002. Then, signs were a political greenhorn was being preferred over him for the Kanu presidential candidate in the General Election that year.

In the passion-charged moment at Kasarani, the late professor of mathematics missed one fundamental fact: That the nation is at all times more important than the whims of individuals or a power clique.