7 years ago

Likewise, let me follow your format

I grieve Raila . I respect his legacy. I call out his undoings . All at the same time

People don't show up like this across Kenya for someone who wasn't meaningful to them

That doesn't mean he didn't have failures

The massive celebration of his life is the greatest testament of who he was to millions of Kenyans and Africans. He must have done a lot right. That is undeniable!

So we celebrate Baba for carrying Kenya and her best interests at heart and with his life

If you listen to what those close to Raila have said through and through is that he always put Kenya first including the many times elections were stolen from him. He stood firm and said he would NEVER take power forcefully at the expense of the country disintegrating into chaos. Now that's POWERFUL

Even MLK,Mandela, Garvey's, Malcolm X of this world have a complicated history. Because life is like that. But we still celebrate everything they did and speak to their failures. But we never say they were not good people/politicians

That turnout , the tributes, and the celebration of life he has received is a testament of who he was.

And like any man he had his shortcomings but that doesn't negate anything

Go read about him and his accomplishments, what folks are saying and what he has done for this country for over 30+ years, including sacrificing his own freedom for 7 years and then come tell me he wasn't a good politician

We can't even be a quarter of who he was !