14/09/2025
H.E Governor Abdi Ibrahim Hassan's RIVALS SCRAMBLE FOR LEFTOVERS:
In the wild, when the lion, the King of the Jungle, brings down a kill, he drinks deeply of the blood, tears out the heart, savors the softest flesh, and then walks away with unhurried majesty. From a distance, hyenas, vultures, and scavengers watch in restless silence, knowing their turn comes only when the lion has had his fill. Once the lion withdraws, they rush in desperation, clawing and snapping for scraps of what remains.
Such is the story of Isiolo politics in the wake of Governor Abdi Guyoβs stormy revival. After the failed impeachment, when the Governor went underground, his rivals mistook silence for defeat. They rallied in shadows, weaving knots of intrigue, financing chaos, and even sponsoring violence in a desperate attempt to topple him. Yet, like the lion biding its time, the Governor watched, dismantled their plots one by one, and refused to be dragged into provocation. He reached out instead for peace, extending olive branches even to those who sought his political ruin.
When the dust of confusion settled, the Governor re-emerged, not in whispers but in thunder. With two-thirds of the Assembly behind him, he marched through Isiolo on Thursday 11th September, in a show of strength unseen in years. Accompanied by leaders of stature and escorted by thousands of jubilant supporters, he rewrote the script his enemies had plotted. What his opponents envisioned as his demise became his coronation.
Adding to this, whispers now fill the air of a revived βChopper Allianceβ, the mighty political force that once swept the 2012 elections in a landslide, uniting Governors Kuti and Doyo in an unstoppable wave. With history seemingly repeating itself, and the alliance breathing anew under the Governors Guyo and Doyo wing, the fate of 2027 appears all but sealed.
Now, the very figures who had dreamt of unseating him find themselves reduced to scavengers, hovering in backstreet lobbies, huddling in miraa bars, scouring for fragments of political relevance. Like hyenas and vultures at the lionβs leftovers, they scramble for space in an arena that has already been claimed. Their movements, frantic and desperate, are nothing more than a helter-skelter chase for crumbs.
In the unfolding tale of Isiolo, the lion has fed, the thrones well secured. What remains for his rivals is but the scramble for leftovers.
