He may not need its votes but alienating the region – as his mentor the late President Daniel arap Moi did – could cause major economic damage...
The son of late president Daniel arap Moi Gideon joined negotiations at State House last year with talk of Ruto's support for a senatorial or cabinet seat in exchange for KANU's backing (AC Vol 66 No 22 Ruto goes west as ODM ponders life after Raila)...
That perceived weakness could embolden Ruto to offer ODM a deal that keeps his current deputy Kithure Kindiki – a Kikuyu from central Kenya – in place while effectively folding ODM into the UDA creating a modern version of the Kenya African National Union of post-independence leaders Jomo Kenyatta Daniel arap Moi and Oginga Odinga...
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That has fuelled speculation that Ruto or a proxy could acquire a significant stake as the family of former President Daniel arap Moi did with the Standard Group...
Ruto and his closest allies want to shape the UDA in the image of the old Kenya African National Union (KANU) the party of post-independence leader Jomo Kenyatta and of Ruto's patron Daniel arap Moi...
The consequences of splitting the opposition vote in the first round are less significant than in earlier contests such as 1997 and 2007 where Daniel arap Moi and Mwai Kibaki won with pluralities...
The latest to join the tent is Gideon Moi leader of his father Daniel arap Moi's Kenya African National Union...
There are parallels with the 1997 election won by Daniel arap Moi with 40% when Kibaki and Odinga split the opposition vote...
Kenyan parties – even former President Daniel arap Moi's Kenya African National Union – have collapsed once their leader is gone...
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The son of the country's first Vice-President Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Raila Odinga emerged as leading campaigner for political pluralism and against the authoritarian rule of Daniel arap Moi...
A three-way split between Ruto Musyoka and another candidate would probably hand victory to Ruto similar to Daniel arap Moi's wins in 1992 and 1997...
