Another hopeful waiting in the LDP wings is Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi an erstwhile KANU acolyte from Western Province recruited to the LDP by Odinga...
The one leading Luhya politician to have joined Odinga is Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi whose smaller Marigoli clan is unlikely to make much difference at the polls...
They include Joseph Nyagah KANU's last minister of state; John Joseph Kamotho its former Secretary General who defended repression in the worst Moi years; Mark arap Too Moi's troubleshooter; Kalonzo Musyoka ex-Foreign Minister; and Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi ex-Vice-President...
KANU will be on the defensive led by Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi and other senior ministers...
Musalia Mudavadi's opponents in his home seat of Sabatia include his brother- in-law standing for Nyachae's Ford-People...
KANU's Uhuru Project counts on a large Kikuyu turnout in Nairobi Kiambu Thika and Muranga districts; a sizable Luhya vote pledged to Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi and Jirongo; the Coastal vote delivered by Katana Ngala and Shariff Nassir; and some Kalenjin votes from what remains of Moi's and Biwott's bailiwick in Rift Valley Province...
They muster enough nationwide support to wound Moi's Uhuru project but not to kill it and their weight was reduced last week by the loss of Transport Minister Musalia Mudavadi (Luhya/Western) an amiable but spineless figure...
The merger prompted Moi to demonstrate the new party's inclusiveness by doling out four vice-chairmanships to: Uhuru Kenyatta (Kikuyu); Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi (Luhya); Katana Ngala (Giriama/Coastal); and Kalonzo Musyoka (Kamba)...
KANU's main Luhya figures Transport and Communications Minister Musalia Mudavadi and Minister for Rural Development Cyrus Jirongo are not rebels like the Luo elite...
That task might require more experienced hands than either Uhuru Kenyatta or the Western-favoured Wycliff Musalia Mudavadi...
The four new vice-chairmen Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi (Luhya) Uhuru Kenyatta (Kikuyu) Katana Ngala (Giriama/Coastal) and Kalonzo Musyoka (Kamba) have no specific functions other than those Moi assigns them...
He has three options: to stay put via a constitutional device; to hand over to KANU's old bruisers such as Nicholas Kipyator Biwott and George Saitoti; or to pass the baton to the younger generation such as Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi and Uhuru Kenyatta...
