PLP, a brand new party unveiled, with not so new faces at the helm, to liberate Kenya

I was drawn to Thursday’s launch of the People’s Liberation Party (PLP) by the Gen-Z in my household—I’m refraining from identifying them as the oldest or youngest men in my family, because I can’t tell them apart—which was interesting because he was online scouring through news channels.

Rigathi Gachagua aka Riggy G, the former Deputy Prezzo was on the screen, explaining his overtures to Raila Odinga aka Baba to join PLP and secure his legacy, after spending two years laying traps to ensnare Baba in the Nairobi State House. I heard Riggy G say the gold insignia at the State House is probably from Sudan.

The latter claim caught the attention of the Gen-Z; he made a sophisticated analysis of Kenya souring relations with Sudan over the alleged pieces of gold pilfered from there. “Is this the beginning of the end of William Ruto?” he posed.

I told him it was probably one of the many beginnings, for if Riggy G is the embodiment of the change we so desire in our land, then we should start with prayers facing Mount Kenya. What I did not tell the resident analyst is that the men and women who assembled at the PLP launch are probably are in it because they are hopeful to be the presidential candidate. The moment that’s debunked, trouble will be afoot.

The earlier that’s clarified, the better it shall be for the spanking new party. They should ask Kalonzo Musyoka aka Wiper and the jinamizi that he faced two years again, for a ticket that never came. Ironically, Wiper’s personal humiliation also marked his most successful political season ever for the Wiper party resoundingly swept all the available seats in Ukambani.