Unravelling tentKenyatta had hoped that his 'big tent' politics would co-opt not just Odinga but also the two leaders of the main Luhya parties Musalia Mudavadi and Moses Wetangula Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka a Kamba and Gideon Moi a Kalenjin and leader of the Kenya African National Union in this new grand coalition...
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The collapse of Kenya's National Super Alliance the opposition coalition that lost the 2017 election looks certain after three of the party leaders involved – Amani National Congress's Musalia Mudavadi Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka and FORD Kenya's Moses Wetangula – set out their intentions to dissolve the party...
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Vol 62 No 14 |
- KENYA
- UGANDA
Unlike Odinga Musalia Mudavadi and Kalonzo Musyoka Ruto has little diplomatic support or international reputation...
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The other possible contestants – Musalia Mudavadi and Kalonzo Musyoka – sometimes talk about fronting a third force possibly led by Gideon Moi who himself seems unsure...
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Alongside the two principals it brought in Kalonzo Musyoka (Vice-President and Home Affairs) Musalia Mudavadi (Deputy Prime Minister and Trade) Moses Wetangula (Foreign Affairs) and William Ruto (Agriculture)...
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These include: Amani National Congress chief Musalia Mudavadi Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka Gideon Moi of the Kenya African National Union and Ford-Kenya's Moses Wetangula...
Agreeing on a common candidate has emboldened the alliance's principles Amani National Congress leader Musalia Mudavadi Wiper party's Kalonzo Musyoka Gideon Moi of the Kenya African National Union and Ford-Kenya's Moses Wetang'ula to believe that similar tactics could see one of them take the presidency as a compromise candidate (AC Vol 62 No 6 Raila's weak grip)...
Amani National Congress leader Musalia Mudavadi (Odinga's running mate in 2007) Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka Kenya African National Union's Gideon Moi (son of Kenya's second President Daniel arap Moi) and Ford Kenya leader Moses Wetang'ula have created their own 'Sacred Alliance' faction and are conducting their own campaigning on the BBI under the banner of a 'One Kenya Movement'...
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In the meantime Odinga and Kenyatta will be delighted at their co-ordination efforts co-opting the likes of Amani National Congress leader Musalia Mudavadi and Wiper party chief Kalonzo Musyoka to make the BBI's passage a fait accompli...
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When President Uhuru Kenyatta shuffled and expanded his pack of ministers on Thursday (19 February) it was his 'handshake' partners Orange Democratic Movement party leader Raila Odinga and his Wiper counterpart Kalonzo Musyoka who benefited most...
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