Raila Succession Politics continue to be the talk of the opposition as people continue to drum support either for themselves or their preferred candidate to take over from Raila as he eyes the AU top job.
Weighing in on Raila Succession Politics, Rarienda Member of Parliament Otiende Amollo has said that successors in political leadership are not named and instead they emerge and that this has been the case for Kenyan politics for many years.
This comes after Raila Odinga’s wife Ida Odinga drummed support for John Mbadi as Raila’s Successor saying that Odinga preferred Mbadi over any other person to take over from the Former PM as he heads to the AU.
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Disagreeing with the move, the MP noted several leaders who have made it big in country without being endorsed by leaders who had been there before.
According to him, while Raila’s father had a big influence in the Kenyan political circle, his preferred choice of a leader for his Ford Kenya party was not the former Prime minister and neither did he endorse Raila Odinga.
“Experience shows us that successors are not named, they emerge. there is no question of sitting down and naming a successor. If you look at the leadership, who named Raila as a leader either of the opposition or Luo Nyanza or any of these parties? He simply emerged.”
He also cited President William Ruto and Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka who have huge support from across the country without being named as people’s successors
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“In fact, if you’ll remember, Raila Odinga was not his father’s choice for leadership of Ford Kenya at the time. The person of choice was Kijana Wamalwa. He had to emerge. You will remember that Kalonzo Musyoka has not been named a leader by anyone but now he commands a substantial section of this country nor was William Ruto named. Ruto emerged, so there’s no question of naming.”