I disagree with your suggesting that CORD wanted violence.
Of course just like in many issues, it is given the first person to cross a certain line in a stand off loses. So when Jubilee threw teargas it lost hands down. You can bet that any politician would want to "win". However I believe CORD had no plans of violence.
There are matters to be investigated such as the social media stories of Maina Kamanda and Moses Kuria busing in goons to rob and rape so CORD could take a hit. There is information that these goons were chaperoned through the streets to specific areas and their guides kept the police away from them. Like all such stories there is a twist.
One cannot use such brutal force and then claim "Self Defence" or "Insanity arising from provocation"
I may not like RAO but that does not mean that I consider him stupid. Stubborn he may be but not stupid.
Just like all protests in third world countries, such arrogant (from the POV of the ruling idiots) refusal to follow orders i.e. stop the demonstrations, must be met with violence. Which they were.
CORD expected it, hoped for it, and finally got it. Without the kind of violence and international press coverage CORD got yesterday, it's very obvious Jubilee would just keep on stonewalling. Now it's Jubilee who's been caught off guard. It's pure stupidity of Jubilee to fall for it, hook, line, and sinker, but I honestly never expected anything different from Jubilee. Like I may have mentioned before, Jubilee seriously lacks thinkers and the lessons they could have learned from the Arab spring.
Let's wait until next week Monday and see how Uhuruto, now being seen as the bad bad men, take to their new role.
P.S. Watch CORD's court case on the IEBC. Smart move.