Last night, I had one of the most vivid dreams I have ever experienced — a dream so real that, for a moment after waking up, I felt as though I had returned from an actual political meeting. In that dream, I found myself in a quiet room, seated face-to-face with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. He looked thoughtful, serious, and burdened by matters weighing heavily on his mind.
In this dream encounter, Raila told me that he was unhappy with the direction the ODM party was taking under Secretary General Edwin Sifuna. He spoke with the frustration of a leader who felt his vision was being distorted or misunderstood. He told me that ODM needed to realign itself, rebuild unity, and work more closely with the President for the greater good of the country. And in the strangest twist of all, he instructed me — a mere dream visitor — to start a campaign to remove Sifuna from the SG position. According to the dream, anyone resisting cooperation or peace-building “should step aside and let the party move forward.”
When I woke up, I couldn’t help but pause and laugh at the intensity of it all. Dreams are mysterious things. They blur imagination and reality, mixing our thoughts, concerns, and observations into symbolic stories that sometimes feel more powerful than real conversations.
But beyond the humour and surreal nature of it, the dream made me reflect on something deeper:
Why is it that politics has such a strong grip on our minds — even in our sleep?
Kenya’s political climate is so emotionally charged that many of us find ourselves thinking about leadership struggles, party dynamics, and national debates long after the day has ended. Our subconscious minds carry these tensions, fears, and hopes, occasionally producing dreams that resemble political rallies, parliament debates, or, in my case, a one-on-one strategy session with Baba himself.
Of course, dreams are not instructions. They are not manifestos, orders, or reality. But they can offer insight into how deeply we are affected by the issues shaping the nation. They can reveal our concerns about political direction, party accountability, or the leadership choices unfolding before our eyes.
My dream about Raila and Sifuna was not a prophecy — it was a reflection. A reminder of the political noise surrounding us daily. A symbol of how our thoughts wrestle with questions about leadership, unity, and the future of political parties in Kenya.
In the end, the dream says less about ODM and more about the state of our political consciousness. It shows how passionately we care about the country and how closely we follow every shift, disagreement, or change in alliances.
Dreams may not change politics, but they can remind us of the power politics holds over our minds — even long after we have closed our eyes.
