Opposition leader Raila Odinga of the National Super Alliance arrives for a rally in Kibera slums, Nairobi, Kenya, October 27, 2017. [Photo: NASA Comms]National Resistance Movement leader Raila Odinga could be engaging in a wild goose chase in calling for a transitional government, which will last for the next six months."What we are calling for requires a longer time. We are calling for, in the meantime, that we need to have an interim arrangement of government in which we will involve representatives from both parties," Raila told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday.But why would Raila's call for a grand coalition government arrangement be flatly rejected by President Uhuru Kenyatta-led Jubilee camp, even as a notable number of political pundits seem to be for this idea?First, for Jubilee, this is 'wishful thinking'. This is an idea widely held by many Jubilee Party hardliners led by Deputy President William Ruto who can't just accept any form of power-sharing arrangement with the opposition. To them, Kenyans have already decided twice in favour of President Kenyatta on the ballot and that is it. No compromise!Second, any form of power-sharing and it goes without saying will just complicate Ruto's 2022  presidential ambitions as any equation that brings Raila and Uhuru together puts him at number three. Ruto can't and won't take this anytime soon.Third, Jubilee argues that there is no crisis or emergency in the country to necessitate a 'nusu-mkate' government. Both Uhuru and Ruto have vowed not to allow Raila 'illegally get to the government through the back door'.Finally, Raila has already launched a National Resistance Movement and called for products boycott which even affects the President's family business interests negatively. The idea among Uhuru's think tank members could then be, 'well, let Raila and supporters pursue that line to the end, and see where it lands him to the so-called Canaan'.

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