They remember the way that Ruto's political patron President Daniel arap Moi also played communities off against each other to marginalise Mount Kenya...
Devani had excellent political connections established during the presidency of Daniel arap Moi...
Yet Ruto's rhetoric with thinly veiled threats has prompted comparisons with the President's authoritarian mentor Daniel arap Moi...
A more accurate model would be the Kenya African National Union (KANU) which underpinned Daniel arap Moi's autocratic government and is now led by his son Gideon Moi (AC Vol 64 No 1 The return of one-man rule)...
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For older Kenyans the raid on Matiang'i's house echoed the intimidation tactics used against political opponents by former President Daniel arap Moi...
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Odinga's camp now say that they don't recognise Ruto as a legitimate president hinting at the kind of political protest that disrupted the authoritarian rule of the late Daniel arap Moi and chronically weakened the economy...
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Vol 63 No 24 |
- KENYA
- UGANDA
Ruto's trip to South Korea the first to Seoul by a Kenyan President since Daniel arap Moi had more of a trade focus...
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One of the key figures in liberating Kenya from Daniel arap Moi's autocracy Odinga deserves better than to be defined by his five fruitless attempts to be elected president...
Azimio has reacted by comparing Ruto's co-opting tactics to those of former President Daniel arap Moi and as an attempt to diminish parliamentary oversight...
However Ruto will have been cheered by the result in Rongai constituency in Nakuru also in the Rift Valley where UDA's Paul Chebor comfortably defeated Raymond Moi son of former President Daniel arap Moi three weeks after his younger brother Gideon Moi lost his Baringo senate seat to William Cheptumo...
An accomplished and energetic operator recruited by the family of President Daniel arap Moi to run the youth wing of the ruling party in the early 1990s he has built up a formidable network of supporters as well as a personal fortune...