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How Orange vs Banana referendum, deep divisions led to implosion of Narc dream

NARC leader Martha Karua was elected interim spokesperson by some leaders for Mount Kenya Region. [File, Standard]

In 2002, the Rainbow Coalition was handed a blank cheque to birth a new republic in the manner of the vision they had expounded for years.

After a decade of struggle for political reforms, and years of misrule by KANU, Kenyans had high expectations for the star-studded team.

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