The opposition has actually stood for something in Kenya that can be articulated in more than one way to mean-democracy, freedoms, change, multi-party, devolution, good governance, anti-corruption, etc. It is hard to articulate what the party in power since independence has stood for other than describe them as conservatives. During the cold war, they described themselves as free-marketers/capitalists to endear themselves to the USA. Right now they call themselves "developers" as if some people are against development.
It takes sometime for political parties to stand for something. When we became a multi-party we probably thought that the political parties would automatically stand for something like in the more mature western democracies. What is happening in Kenya now is that things are happening which will hopefully lead to political parties standing for something. It is already happening but it has not reached a critical mass. That is why we cannot give up hope.
Kenyan politics are just a version of Koinange Street (with a bit of River Road thrown in). Perhaps not surprising when political parties stand for nothing and cannot be distinguished in any way, other than "that is the one in which our man is a leader".
I don't think parties can ever stand for more than our man's personal political vehicle in Kenya. It's not in the Kenyan psyche; I haven't seen the evidence. If the jubilant loses the coming election(assuming it somehow happens), Jubilee robbed of the power of patronage will just gradually vanish as the rats jump ship. KANU folded, after 39 years in power as soon as they were out of power. Jubilants don't have the stomach for opposition politics. Their members will try to win favor with NASA in their own different ways. There is no Raila there.
The "opposition" would be made up of fringe entities and civil society.