PREMIUM Sifuna soaring on the legacy of Raila From a literary angle, Sifuna’s mammoth rallies remind some Kenyans of the late Raila Odinga. Weekend 13 min ago Listen

And nostalgia goes beyond mourning and longing for the past; in politics it can prepare the ground for the next voice to rise.

PREMIUM No longer at ease: How Sifuna is eroding influence of regional bigwigs Several political leaders in the opposition now shifting their support to the Nairobi Senator.” The longing for Raila that Sifuna can capitalise on is for reviving the past and creates a subtle fantasy of predictability, a distant utopia when Raila was alive, something different from the current political climate of uncertainty and a myriad of challenges Raila’s supporters (now ‘orphans’ still inside the wreckage) are experiencing.