I know many of you have already cursed at me for mentioning such a statement. anyway, my neighbour’s shosho was in the hood and she just gave me a “credible” reason why RAO has always lost it and so did his old man. If you are fan of Cinderella and Rapunzella then this vibe will make sense to you.
Apparently kitambo, loooong ago, Jaramogi(RAOs dad), Tom Mboya and some other guy with a weird name the shosho told me that I cant recall went out to a mganga to fulfill their quench for power. When they reached the mganga’s den, the Mama told them that to fulfill their quest, she would require them to bring a blind cow(yeah righ! is there any thing like that?). On their way back to their homes, that evening, Tom Mboya spotted a blind cow! he followed the owner upto his home and asked him to sell him the cow. the owner was skeptical at first that he had better cows than the blind one but Tom Mboya convinced him that its the blind one he wanted and they agreed that he would go back the next day with his two pals(Jaramogi and the other weirdo) to negotiate the price and so he set off and broke the good news to his pals.
The next day, they all went to the owner of the cow’s home and agreed that they were to look for money and get back 3 days later to buy the cow and take it to the Mganga. Jaramogi had a car so he dropped Tom Mboya and the other guy. He had other plans.
He rushed back to the cow’s owner and purchased the cow, took it to the mganga so that he alone would become the leader. when he reached the mganga, she asked him:
“My child, you do not look like the person who saw the cow first, is it really you? You were to come three people and receive powers, why are you alone?”
Jaramogi tricked her but the mganga was smart; but since he had bought a cow that was needed and the spell had to be cast, the mganga cursed Jaramogi. The curse was that he or anyone with his blood would NEVER be a great ‘big’ leader no matter how close they would get.
And thats why Jaramogi was close and missed being the president, RAO closer but nothing, the daughter(RAOs sister) wanted to be Senator and lost, his son Oburu(RAOs bro) lost IN 2012 in what was the mother of all elections.
And oh, I know you are wondering where Kidero comes in? Kideros wife is RAOs relative so he has the blood. THE CURSED BLOOD! Hence the trouble
Well folks Im just the messenger…..AND THAT IS THE LEGEND OF RAO. Oh! One more thing …the mganga died before undoing the curse so sorry, its permanent