The gang of men behind him said it all: Raila Odinga aka Baba, the former doyen of Opposition now running a recruitment bureau, primarily consulting for Kenya Kwanza government, appeared insecure.

He needed sufficient numbers to back him up to get his message across: Kenyans, he said, needed a multigenerational, nationwide conversation.

What about, he did not specify.

Neither did Baba reveal why he felt the need to convene this national conversation, after he and Prezzo Ruto had been in private conversations for the last one year, or if he had been privy to a multiplicity of issues that Prezzo Ruto had embarked on, to the chagrin of the citizens.