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• February 13, 2008
• The Kenyan Odyssey, 2002 Redux

  Posted: February 13th, 2008, 11:15am CST

  Tags:  Annan mediation  

  In mid-2002, Kenyans were treated to a great surprise when following years of division, a selection of their ethnic potentates met together and formed a grand coalition named NARC, the National Alliance Rainbow Coalition.
  
  Note the emphasis on words denoting unity and togetherness, and the triumph of the whole over the fraction. Four words in a name, all affirming the same idea. It did not work out, it really did not. Like a bad movie, it was panned by the critics and the protagonists showed little on-screen chemistry or potential. And now, the re-run.
  
  Cartoon from Patrick Gathara here.