HOW TO ADRESS MR RAILA ODINGA

My elders; I greet you! My village people and fellow country me; shalom! You must have seen or even heard the empty gibberish that hit the Son of the Bull last week in Nyando; Kisumu county.

Some say; the decision by the former (I’m still on that debate; whether to call him former) Prime Minister Raila Odinga; while addressing mourners at the late KNUT secretary General David Okuta’s burial; to implore Kenyans to identify him by his name was courageous; strategic and commendable.

I don’t know about you but I disagree. Raila may be content with his current status and probably even moved on with life. But have his supporters moved on?

I agree with Mr. Barrack Muluka; writing on the standard newspaper; “so take our message to those big people. Tell the big chief that here in Emanyulia; we can accept what the judge says; but that does not mean we believe it. In fact; tell him we promised to accept the election results. But we never promised to believe them. We also promised to accept what the court says. But we did not promise to believe it. The court is the law. Is the law the truth?”

But then again; this is the reality on the ground. See; the people of Emanyulia; where Mr. Muluka is from; and many CORD supporters have now come to terms with the march 4^th election outcome. They have accepted that Uhuru Kenyatta is the 4^th president of Kenya; with William Ruto as Deputy President. But with all these; we still know that they were confident that the election outcome would be in line with what pollsters had been saying all along. That is that; the Son of the Bull was the man to beat.

Over the next few day; it seems if what we witnessed at Nyando is anything to go by; it will be hard to address Raila Odinga. One used the phrase: “his Excellency the President Raila Odinga.”

Finally; to the twirra (twitter) community; he will simply remain to be #RAO.

To the comrades; he remains Baba or as they call him Jakom. To the people of Emanyulia; he is simply The Son of the Bull!