Opposition leader Raila Odinga's silence at this scandal season is seriously a blow to the nation.
He has since stopped unearthing corrupt dealings within the government, taking the back seat to watch as scandal after scandal is revealed.
Consequently, this has shifted all the attention to the media, with the same people who used to visit him at his Capitol Hill offices for the exposes, now having to get it on their own.
This is a major blow to the nation, as despite having every right to unearth and publicize the corruption, the media cannot condemn the suspects, at least not before the investigations are done, resulting to no major changes.
On Raila’s side, however, he can use his political power to condemn the same, instilling fear and humiliating the culprits and, therefore, leading to the decline or reduction of the trend.
Odinga is also likely be having internal sources who have been leaking information to him, on most occasions obtaining concealed data prior to the media, and the press is likely to have an uphill task matching him, especially during off-camera deliberations and interrogations.
This means that the nation will remain in the dark on some important issues which the involved bodies would like to keep to themselves, a blow in the collective combat against graft.
As the head of the alternative government, the nation needs him to offer an alternative approach in the fight which has proved futile until now, otherwise, the government will repeat its earlier mistakes, resulting to similar situation in the future.