Raila died a month ago, but like millions of Kenyans who continue to make known their love of Baba, I still feel unmoored, feeling that I have lost not just a great leader and a friend, but a whole country.
Kenya without Raila will be a different, lesser country. There is deeply felt grief and a profound sense of personal and national loss that is still resonating across the country. Kenyans knew that more than any of our presidents, Raila had kept Kenya together in this century’s turbulent decades by giving hope to the struggling and the impoverished.