Another intermediary was  curiously  Waitiri Michuki  wife of the then Internal Security Minister  the late John Michuki  an unstinting opponent of the Mungiki...
 He had been the architect of an extra-judicial campaign to eliminate the Mungiki  under way since early 2005 (AC Vol 53 No 5  Kibaki loses his peers & John Michuki (1932-2012): A life)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The dilemma for State House is that while Kenyatta’s candidacy presents problems  he is nonetheless seen as the best defender of the interests of the Mount Kenya elite since lthe death of its most prominent champions  John Michuki and Njenga Karume  early last year  and the imminent exit of Kibaki (AC Vol 53 No 5  Kibaki loses his peers)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Two of his old cronies  John Njoroge Michuki and James Njenga Karume  died within two days of each other (AC Vol 53 No 5  Kibaki loses his peers) and the grieving President failed to decide how to deal with the pressure from the ICC...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The death from a heart attack on 21 February of John Michuki  79  a minister and friend of Kibaki’s for over 60 years  was followed two days later by that of another old intimate  politician and businessman James Njenga Karume  82...
 See also AC Vol 53 No 5  John Michuki (1932-2012): A life    ...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     In Murang'a  Kenyatta  flanked by the smiling former Minister of Internal Security  John Michuki  berated his fellow Kikuyu for not speaking with one voice  unlike the Kalenjin  who follow Ruto's every word...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     In 2006-10  the Embassy was trying to push the government towards reform and reported conversations with political leaders including Kibaki  Odinga  Saitoti  John Michuki  Muthaura  Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka  Ruto and Kosgei...
 John Michuki  former PNU Minister of Internal Affairs and now Minister of the Environment  ODM-Kenya Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka and former ODM Minister of Education Sally Kosgei all rubbished Odinga...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Even hard-line Environment Minister John Michuki  once against the new constitution  switched over...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	      Many of his PNU allies are reluctant supporters: Environment and Mineral Resources Minister John Michuki  an old friend who helped him into power; Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka; Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta; and ‘political activist’ Mary Wambui (whose claim that she was Kibaki’s second wife was vigorously denied by State House)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     PNU ministers Kiraitu Murungi  Moses Wetang'ula  John Michuki and George Saitoti were said to be against the amended laws necessary to establish a tribunal  presented by Kilonzo to the cabinet on 14 July...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     His then Internal Security Minister  John Michuki (now Environment Minister)  said its members 'would not be taken to court...