Fate, the misfortune of losing Raila Odinga and the misadventures of Oburu Odinga, his handlers and hangers-on have all conspired to make Edwin Sifuna into the man of the moment. Rarely has it happened that a first-time legislator manages to capture the country’s imagination in the manner Sifuna has, so much so that a potential presidential bid, tall order as it may be, seem and sound, has suddenly become a popular point of national conversation. To his credit, Sifuna paid it forward.