Amani National Congress leader Musalia Mudavadi and Ford-Kenya's Moses Wetangula the two main Luhya leaders went to Kakamega during their candidates' clearance by the IEBC which underscores Kenya Kwanza's interest in the race...

That puts pressure on the OKA which groups together the Amani National Congress led by Musalia Mudavadi; Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper party; the Kenya African National Union of Gideon Moi; and Moses Wetangula's Ford Kenya...

After merging Jubilee and ODM Kenyatta had planned to bring the leaders of the smaller parties – Musalia Mudavadi Kalonzo Musyoka Gideon Moi and Moses Wetangula – into a wider coalition for an Odinga presidency that would stop the Ruto juggernaut (AC Vol 62 No 21 Raila beats Ruto as the oligarchs' favourite & Vol 62 No 23 Cash takes on the kingpins)...

All of them have their presidential ambitions and reasons to distrust Odinga: Ford Kenya's Moses Wetangula Amani National Congress's Musalia Mudavadi and the Wiper party's Kalonzo Musyoka joined by Kenya African National Union chairman Gideon Moi...

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...