A demonstrator uses a stone as a mic to mimic Cord leader Raila Odinga

The current stalemate between Cord and Jubilee which risks taking the country through a bloodbath should be debated by Kenyans above personal politicians, especially opposition leader Raila Odinga agenda.

I have picked on Raila Odinga because he has been an iconic figure in the history of Kenyan politics and with a big following which has made him shape the public agenda nationally and internationally.

Among other opposition leaders, this has made him above board in putting the Jubilee government on toes which has been mistaken for his stance as personal as not for his followers.

In politics it is all about numbers and if he is not representing the majority then he must be representing the other half.

Raila has in the past made influential statements of national purpose and what makes him special is that he is fighting a good fight and not a personal mission.

He has helped expose graft in the ruling coalition and we can attest to this by the fact that the government is not coming clear about issues of corruption.

That is why government should not handle his quest as a personal agenda as seen by recent careless remarks by Interior Security CS Joseph Nkaiserry to arrest him over Madaraka Day impasse.

Kenyan politics is shaped by tribes and those we support and any attack on Raila, who speaks for his base, will speed the country down the same road we have been in each time we have tribal laced violence.

What would we be without an opposition coalition that exposes the government in a way CORD does? In fact the work CORD is doing is the baby steps towards creating a republic, which we still lack as a country.

Revolutions have risen against aristocrats and dictators and we have witnessed the rise and fall of firm founded political figures with an end to their eras.

What is for sure is that time is the difference and however much the political divide is widening, our differences are what bring us together.

In any case tables turn and Raila stops leading masses against the vices of this age we will be subdued by the seemingly modern day dictators and Kenya will experience an equivalent of Ugandan politics.

(The writer is student at Maseno University)