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DCP leader Rigathi Gachagua and Ol Kalou MP-elect Samuel Kamau Ngotho address a press conference in Nyahururu. [David Gichuru, Standard]
The moment of victory is often the moment of greatest peril. In the heat of victory, arrogance and overconfidence can push you past the goal you had aimed for; and by going too far, you make more enemies than you defeat. Do not allow success to go to your head-Robert Greene, 48 Laws of Power.
World over, great leaders always have two speeches ready before going into any political duel-a concession speech in which they plan to bow out gracefully with their heads held high, and a victory speech, in which they plan to step forward with humility.
But in public celebrations of the largely overrated Ol Kalou by-election, Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua and his Democracy for Citizens Party failed at their moment of glory. In the end, Mr Gachagua and his team projected the image of a tribal chiefs dancing beside the body of one of their own.
