PREMIUM How Gachagua is borrowing from Raila Odinga's playbook Politics Just now Listen

It was the latest indication that the former Deputy President is steadily embracing the opposition tactics that defined the late Odinga's decades-long political career—using economic pressure, international messaging and coalition politics to pile pressure on the government without wielding State power.

Rallying supporters through economic boycotts, political mobilisation through rallies, international lobbying and knitting broad political alliances, Odinga used these strategies to pile pressure on successive regimes Now, less than two years after his fallout with President William Ruto, former Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, the Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader, appears to be borrowing from the very script he once fiercely criticised, signaling a dramatic shift in Kenya's opposition politics.” Unlike Odinga who spent most of his political career outside government, Mr Anditi adds, Mr Gachagua is attempting the transition from Deputy President to opposition leader after serving at the highest levels of State.