Why ODM is desperate for Ababu

OK, hold it, Ababu, merikebu imeng’oa nanga. ODM sycophants, chama iko imara, we made Ababu, he can go. ODM NEC, we give Ababu 7 days to resume duty otherwise we will fire him, question is, when did the biggest party this side of Sahara become so desperate….the answer is simple.

Ababu Namwamba is an embodiment of the heart and spirit of ODM, he is a bridge that pales in comparison to none other in the party, he embodies the politics of anti-establishment that Raila thrives on, and it is a battle for the soul of the party…

Only two people in 2007 refused to swear allegiance to Kibaki, Raila and Ababu.

By all factors, Ababu has relinquished his position in ODM.

Is ODM desperate or playing politics? I think it is out to shrug off the intolerant mound it has been associated with…remember the men in black fiasco, how Margerer was thrown out and party loyalists like Miguna hounded out? Ababu’s exit will be the beginning of an internal and painful hemorrhage. Raila for the first time is alive to the fact and he is determined to stop it albeit too late.

Outside Nyanza, Busia was ODM’s last remaining bastion, without Ababu and Otuoma, the risk of ODM remaining to be a Luo entity is real. Bungoma is shared between the FORD-K parties while Vihiga is dominated by Amani with FORD-K making serious inroads in Kakamega via Boni Khalwale. ODM can’t claim western without Busia because the western of today, isn’t the western of yesterday. ODM rank and file should learn to respect and appreciate ‘outsiders’ otherwise if elections were held today, Raila will finish a distant third.

The worst mistake a politician can make is to confuse a family business like ODM for a political party.