"When the curtain falls, it is time to get off the stage - and that is what I propose to do." Former United Kingdom Prime Minister John Major made this memorable statement after losing the general election to Tony Blair's Labour Party in 1997.
I recalled these words while reflecting on Raila Odinga's winding political journey.
It has been a tragicomedy of illustrious political career and pulsating successes, misses, near misses and spectacular failures.
Undoubtedly, Raila is a foremost political figure who has straddled the local political scene like a colossus across four regimes.
