Rodgers Nandasaba

[Rodgers Nandasaba @RodgersNan16107]

@ntvkenya @EricLatiff Many people think that to be a politician means one can't lead. That's overthinking to me

[Rodgers Nandasaba @RodgersNan16107]

@Realkangethe In short Owen Baya pia alikuwa kwenye huo mkutano.

[Rodgers Nandasaba @RodgersNan16107]

@lindahoguttu They look cursed already. Wamelipwa

[Rodgers Nandasaba @RodgersNan16107]

@ojwang_bil9070 @jimNjue_ Is it not Gachagua who took you to Ruto? He will take you to Kalonzo and the consequences are the same.

[Rodgers Nandasaba @RodgersNan16107]

@habwe_stephen @Honcalebamisi When he say that he's the ONLY mp who never received bribes means the rest did including SIFUNA

[Rodgers Nandasaba @RodgersNan16107]

@edgarwabwire_ There are no moles there. Don't overthink

[Kipkalya Kones @MrKipkalya]

The reaction by the Linda Mwananchi masses to the entry into the movement by Aisha Jumwa reminds me of similar scenarios in 2002 and 2007.

In 2002, when the NARC-Rainbow wave took over and went on to win power, the question of who should NOT be allowed into the movement became an intriguing public discussion. Former VP George Saitoti had resigned from Kanu and wanted in. Everyone went "What, no! The architect of Goldenberg can't be allowed here! We are fumigating the country of Kanu's bad odour! Not Saitoti please!"

Maasai kingpin, William ole Ntimama, he of the "Kikuyus in Rift Valley must lie low like envelopes or we will cut them to size like the Igbos of Nigeria were" also came. Central Kenya NARC adherents were incredulous. 'How dare you admit the mastermind of Enoosupukia here. He has blood on his hand?". No one wanted Joseph Kamotho either. Wasn't that the Kanu SG who had defended every injustice, every wrong, every impunity, under Kanu? No way they were being allowed in.

Quite incredibly, all these Kanu bad apples joined NARC through LDP, the party of Raila Odinga, the undisputed standard bearer of democratic ideals and moral probity. What did Raila see in them that the idealistic NARC public didn't? Incidentally, when the count was done, these former Kanu sharks had played some of the biggest roles in the defeat of the Moi project, Uhuru Kenyatta and their former party. They had mobilised their backyards into a powerful anti-Kanu force. Most were rewarded with prime ministerial appointments in the new NARC administration in 2003.

Raila would be at at it again in 2007, when the entire Kalenjin system moved to his corner for the 2007 presidential run. Kibaki had treated the Kalenjin community like trash for five years, and they were seeking revenge, through the only man they believed would show Kibaki dust. Among the biggest players in the stolen Raila victory would end up being the indomitable Kipkalya Kones, cited in several reports over tribal clashes in the Rift Valley as a Kisigis warlord, William Ruto, a man with a political history darker than midnight, Henry Kosgey, who graced several pages of corruption scandals from the Kasarani Stadium construction, to many living Moi enablers whose tongues and hands wouldn't have qualified for sacrament.

What did Raila see or what did he look past?

In the case of 2002, the answer would have been easy. If the hippo comes out of the water and tells you that the crocodile is unwell, you must believe him. Those fleeing a bad regime are often the best witnesses to the depth of its evil. In common parlance, they know where the bodies are buried. The big shots abandoning Moi in 2002 provided perfect background to just unpopular Kanu had become. Everyone looked past their chequered history onto the potential of what they could offer in helping end Kanu's rule. And they delivered.

Today, the people fleeing the Ruto sinking ship hold the same position the ones in 2002 did. They represent "testimony". Forget Aisha Jumwa even. The most powerful face in this brigade is Rigathi Gachagua. He was number two in that evil cult. He was a heart beat away from the very top. And the catalogue of his sins is way more colourful than Jumwa's. A divisive tribal supremacist with the ability to effortlessly annoy even nuns and holy spirits, Gachagua would be the one people put a NO against his name. Yet conventional wisdom has it that Linda Mwananchi must work with him to win power. Working with Gachagua but not accepting Aisha Jumwa is akin to allowing Satan into a room then locking out Bernice Njeri because she stabbed her boyfriend.

NARC members in 2002 were thoroughly idealistic, just like today's young voters. In pursuit of democratic and moral purism, they have set a high bar for anyone coming in. But by December, everyone who has realised that the Ruto regime is falling, will be at the door. Movements are like floods. They carry rubbish in large amounts. They take everything along.

[Rodgers Nandasaba @RodgersNan16107]

@EugeneLWamalwa You've started smelling like Didimis. Toa kiherehere western

[Rodgers Nandasaba @RodgersNan16107]

@linc_ke3 @orengo_james @edwinsifuna SIFUNA is capable of handling them when he becomes president. Even Jesus ha Judas in his rank n he didn't backslide

[Rodgers Nandasaba @RodgersNan16107]

@lynn_ngugi1 @ItsMagige Lynn, it's Orengo scouting for all these crooks shove up his status in Linda Mwananchi. He even posts people who should be posting him. Orengo and Rigathi, no difference. They are stuck to the old way doing politics

[Rodgers Nandasaba @RodgersNan16107]

@wil_sonn1 Just give up. ODM went with SIFUNA

[Rodgers Nandasaba @RodgersNan16107]

@HonWamboka I appreciate your support for SIFUNA, through thick and thin, be by his side. History will never forget you

[Rodgers Nandasaba @RodgersNan16107]

@MrKipkalya @edwinsifuna Now this is communication.

[Muthoni wa Muthomo @GlitteringAnge]

If Sifuna sees this he will shed a tear. Tumtag ama tuache alale?

[Rodgers Nandasaba @RodgersNan16107]

@citizentvkenya Is he addressing the late Baba Raila ama?

[Rodgers Nandasaba @RodgersNan16107]

@Kenyans You know ball

[Rodgers Nandasaba @RodgersNan16107]

@kipmurkomen Arrest him then

[Rodgers Nandasaba @RodgersNan16107]

@TheStarKenya They will go their to apologise

[Rodgers Nandasaba @RodgersNan16107]

@Kimuzi_ Mbappe is only waiting for a champions league. CR will never win a world cup

[Rodgers Nandasaba @RodgersNan16107]

@HonWetangula Now students are being recalled from midterm to wave a two finger salute. This is irredeemable