In democracy, a politician is defined as a natural leader who conceptualize ideas and draft them into policies and manifestos for technocrates to implements. A case in point: in most countries, most presidents are constitutionally Commander in Chief even without having military training or background, thus depicting them as natural soldiers as far as they are democratically elected.
Well: the quotes of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in recent times, depicts or concurs with a politician definition, for a man known of revolutionary tactics to attain presidency in vain, for the couple of decades. Here are the quotes as rejoinder at his ally-turned-foe deputy President William Ruto.
On Saturday, September 21, 2020. Raila told Kenyans to focus on policies and manifestos of presidential hopefuls instead of being “hoodwinked” by certain narratives.
“We should be telling Kenyans about our manifestos, policies that would improve our economy and what we will do for them, “he said.
“From the current development status, we are talking about baking a bigger cake for the whole country. But some people are snatching a lot from the cake we are baking which is not enough, and bringing you crumbs, said Raila on Sunday, September 20, 2020.