It has not been a walk in the park for founders of coast-centric political parties that were meant to unite the region and provide vehicles to the national negotiating table.
The parties, whose formation is usually marked with pomp and hope, are later lost or sold to leaders in other parts of the country, amid wrangles.
It is now emerging that, for some of the founders, these parties are cash cows.
The parties are later sold to the highest bidders whenever the country is headed to a general election.
