The late doyen of Kenya opposition Jaramogi Oginga Odinga in his book not yet uhuru stated that the best strategy is retreat once you are faced with having to take on dictatorial regime. He would tell nyanza leaders to work with the government so that they could continue helping their constituents. His oppinion was that after elections or political confrontation it was better to leave the stage and live to fight another day..Oginga would retreat to his farm and only emerge when he knew momentum was on his side. Raila move was strategic and gives time for his supporters to work and live to fight another battle.
In 2021 nyanza will once again confront kanu regime
Luo nyanza has been the opposition nerve center. Without luos Kenya would become a shithole similar to Burundi..it is nyanza opposition and brains that delivered devolution..it nyanza opposition that reappealed section 2a..
Matiba and his kikuyu oligarchs only came later. A deranged matiba contributed only by bringing kikuyu hollipoi to the opposition. However intellectuals like ngugi mukaru koigi, we're already under the pupilage of Jaramogi ..they knew that he was consistent ..
Kikuyu oligarchs fought moi half heartedly. Matiba divided opposition because he was a greedy capitalist who could not divorce business interests from politics
Matiba was an arrogant son of a bitch.. he really talked shit when Jaramogi died saying there was no love lost between him and jaramoy..the stroke matiba suffered from left him demebted and bitter son of a gun