When Raila Odinga conceded defeat in 2013 after the Supreme Court ruled that the election had been conducted freely and fairly, many thought it would be the last time they would hear from him.
Regular calls were made to him to retire from politics because 2013 was perceived to have been his last chance of ascending to the presidency.
Three years later, Raila Odinga has not yet sunk to obscurity and irrelevance and he is still a potential threat to the ruling Jubilee Coalition.
He has ensured that cameras don't zoom out on him, barrels and barrels of ink are spent writing about him while bundles of data are spent reading about him.
Local media cannot afford to ignore him because they will close shop, supporters say. He has also been hovering all over the world giving controversial interviews to international media like Al Jazeera and France 24 which keeps Kenya talking for days.
But the question is, will Raila achieve his ultimate goal of becoming the President of Kenya? All indications are that he will.
Here is why: Besigye is the 'President of Uganda'. After Kizza Besigye tried unsuccessfully to dislodge long-time dictator Yoweri Museveni three times, he decided enough is enough. He had to become president during his fourth attempt and he was ‘sworn in’ on Wednesday as ‘the rightfully elected President of Uganda’. This was a day before Museveni's inauguration.
Raila can borrow a leaf from him if things fail to work for him next year. IEBC will not rig him. Raila has made it clear that he will not participate in elections conducted by the current IEBC. What this means, despite Jubilee's chest-thumping, IEBC has to be reconstituted.
Raila is double sure of a landslide win with a reconstituted IEBC. Jubilee has no chance in hell of winning with a reconstituted IEBC, they say.
His buddies/age mates in other African countries won their country's presidency recently. Many Cord supporters and bloggers have been trying to draw equals in what has been happening in other African countries during elections in comparison to Kenya.
In Tanzania, they say, Raila's friend President John Magufuli won last year with a comfortable margin despite Jubilee 'campaigning' for his closest rival Edward Lowasa.
In Ivory Coast, they say, another Raila's friend President Alassane Outtara won his re-election bid early this year.
And of course after Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari was elected in 2015 they angered Aden Duale when they told Jubilee to brace for a fierce fight in 2017.
Apparently, Raila's agemate had overcome an insurmountable battle with the then incumbent Goodluck Jonathan whom again Jubilee had 'campaigned' for.