The veteran opposition leader, Raila Odinga in a pensive mood at his office in Upper Hill, Nairobi. [Photo/nationmedia.co.ke]
The unprecedented annulment of the August 8 presidential election by the Maraga-led Supreme Court plunged opposition supporters into total euphoria.
Media houses screened live images of Kenyans in NASA strongholds happily shaking their bodies in celebration of the Supreme Court's ruling.
The ruling appeared to give their adored candidate, Raila Odinga, another lease of life, another opportunity to ascend to the highest office in the land.
But those hopes have been dashed now after the controversial rerun despite spirited protests by NASA supporters.
Raila Odinga had pinned his hopes on the poll not happening. In fact, he had been quoted by scores of media outlets saying that the rerun would not happen. That never happened, throwing his plans into total disarray.
The strategic objective of disrupting the poll was clear; plunge the country into a constitutional crisis that would bring to a grinding halt the Kenyatta administration and usher in a transitional government that would preside over another poll.
That prospect has been forestalled by the successful rerun and the declaration of Uhuru Kenyatta as the president-elect by the embattled IEBC.
The opportunity to stop the poll from happening had presented itself in a last-ditch attempt at the Supreme Court, but a lack of quorum meant the case could not be heard.
Nothing could now stand in the way of the rerun, not even the law; a reality that, according to NASA insiders, caused the opposition principals great unease.
Questions are now being raised about whether Mr. Odinga's decision to boycott the poll was a grave political miscalculation.
Whether this is the last straw that breaks the camels back.
That largely depends on whether a legal challenge to Uhuru's re-election at the Supreme Court will see the light of day.
Opposition supporters will have their fingers crossed as the next days unfold, hoping that the journey to Canaan is still on.
That largely depends on whether a legal challenge to Uhuru's re-election at the Supreme Court will see the light of day.
Opposition supporters will have their fingers crossed as the next days unfold, hoping that the journey to Canaan is still on.