The idea that kalonzo ‘stood’ with Raila in three consecutive elections provides a false interpretative context. He made no sacrifices.
Had Raila won he would have been a beneficiary of the collective victory; with conditions that were always absurd to even imagine.
In 2013 after Kalonzo had spent nearly his entire 2007-2013 period cozying up to Kibaki/Uhuru axis, even undertaking a costly taxpayer funded anti-ICC shuttle diplomacy that killed any hope for justice for victims of 2007 PEV, Uhuru and groupies abandoned him.
A story is told of Uhuru flying him over Ukambani and asking him to point where the people are amidst the shrubs.
See, orphaned, Kalonzo then switched sides and became Raila’s runningmate. This was not sacrifice. Having deluded himself that GEMA would back him for stabilizing Kibaki’s regime after the two stole Raila’s victory; Kalonzo lost out. GEMA quickly picked Ruto as their final errand boy.
Due to time wasted, Ukambani voted Raila 70% but Uhuru still got enough votes to take him to state house.
In 2017, Kalonzo dillydallied for so long that when he chose to support Raila Odinga, again, Ukambani read betrayal and chose to increase their votes for Uhuru, while the rest stayed away from the vote altogether.
In 2022, it was not Raila who tethered Kalonzo to Azimio, but Uhuru. Kalonzo swore not to support Raila a third time, claiming he will be viewed as a mad person.
I have realized in politics, you’d rather be opposed by someone from the word go; than be supported by someone who gives very lukewarm support, which comes late in the evening, without pretending to help do the heavy lifting.
Kalonzo was the sort of partner who added nothing positive to the campaign but derailed the campaign in very profound ways. He was once asked if he ever donated funds to Raila’s campaign kitty and he said he had not. For Kalonzo, Raila’s campaign used to fund everything. The choppers he used, the vehicles he used and all sorts of things were funded by Raila.
There were other worse things Kalonzo did to ODM Party that affected ODM while not helping his Wiper Party either. For instance, his party having refused joint nominations and forced the Nairobi to be zoned, the ODM Party ended up losing in areas that the party would have won had Wiper not fielded candidates.
Whenever we had lost; Kalonzo would then start demanding ODM Party to share political parties funding with Wiper; which Raila always acquiesced to.
Supporting Kalonzo because he ‘sacrificed’ for Raila is like supporting Gachagua because he’s a ‘truthful’ man — not knowing that his truth is that you hold NO SHARES in the country you pay taxes in.
Anyway, kura ni siri lakini mimi Niko na RAIS RUTO 100% amalize KUMI NA NNE zake aende.
