We hear that former President Daniel arap Moi is putting his KANU together as a third force which while it could not itself win could pick up disaffected politicians from either side to bargain for power-sharing with whichever coalition seems likely to win with Uhuru Kenyatta Mudavadi and Musyoka at the helm...
It began during the long reign of ex-President Daniel arap Moi among young Kikuyu and acquired a mass following...
Presidential hopefuls due to attend were: Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka (Kamba); Uhuru Kenyatta (Kikuyu); William Ruto (Kalenjin/Nandi); Najib Balala (Coast member of parliament for Mvita in Mombasa); Julia Ojiambo (Luhya/Samia); and Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi (ex-President Daniel arap Moi's last Vice-President)...
The ODM is now insolvent and each candidate solicits funds on his own: from local businesses Western foundations (especially ones allied to German political parties) money-bags from ex-President Daniel arap Moi's era and the diaspora in North America and Britain...
Vol 48 No 1 |
- EAST AFRICA
In desperation Kibaki’s advisors have persuaded ex-President Daniel arap Moi and his right-hand man Nicholas Biwott to back Narc-Kenya...
'What he (Kibaki) has brought is not a lion ' ODM leader Raila Amolo Odinga shouted referring to Kibaki's new alliance with former President Daniel arap Moi...
During the sale's preparations it emerged that Vodafone had ceded a 5% equity stake to a third company Mobitelea whose proprietors were associated with Daniel arap Moi's government...
Former President Daniel arap Moi's endorsement of Nicholas Kipyator Biwott on 25 November as Chairman of the Kenya African National Union (KANU) instead of Uhuru Kenyatta was designed to scupper hopes for a broad-based opposition against President Mwai Kibaki's government...
Many Kenyans now believe that Kibaki's government is at least as corrupt as that of his predecessor Daniel arap Moi even if they are unsure that voting for an opposition alliance such as the Orange Democratic Movement under Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka would cut graft more effectively...
The former Public Works Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Raila Amolo Odinga accused Kibaki and his allies of betraying the memorandum of understanding which brought the constituent parties together to defeat Daniel Toroitich arap Moi's Kenya African National Union (KANU) in December 2002...
Uhuru Kenyatta and ex-President Daniel arap Moi campaigned for KANU's David Manyara who came in last; Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka set aside their differences to support the LDP's Michael Brawan who came a creditable second...