Among those who will be surprised to have been left out will be Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro and the former Makueni governor Kivutha Kibwana who defected from Odinga's Azimio La Umoja coalition to join Ruto's legal team to contest the presidential petition filed by Odinga (AC Vol 63 No 17 Politicians and activists take the election to court)...
Alfred Mutua (who had launched his own presidential bid in September) Charity Ngilu and Kivutha Kibwana from Machakos Kitui and Makueni respectively who have all called for regional kingpin Musyoka of the One Kenya Alliance to join Odinga...
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Kalonzo also faces rebellion from the three Kamba county governors who have declared for Odinga: Alfred Nganga Mutua from Machakos; Kivutha Kibwana of Makueni; and Charity Kaluki Ngilu from Kitui...
Kamanda and Waiguru have urged the small number of Kikuyu voters in Kibra to back Okoth while three Kamba county governors – Charity Ngilu Kivutha Kibwana and Alfred Mutua – addressed a predominantly Kamba audience at Kibra on 2 November praising Odinga and Okoth (AC Vol 60 No 19 Bridge of sighs)...
Kibaki's presidential campaign will be fronted by the younger ministers recruited from all over Kenya to blunt the Kikuyu-partisanship charge: Kituyi (Interim NARC-Kenya Chairman Luhya); Raphael Tuju (Foreign Minister Luo); Danson Mungatana (Assistant Justice Minister Pokomo); John Mutua Katuku (Water Development Minister Kamba); Kivutha Kibwana (Lands Minister Kamba); Gideon Konchellah (Immigration Minister Maasai); Beth Wambui Mugo (Assistant Education Minister Kikuyu and Kenyatta's niece); and Martha Karua (Justice Minister Kikuyu)...
The President's team is led by Assistant Justice Minister Danson Mungatana (Coast); Environment Minister Kivutha Kibwana (Kamba); Water Minister Mutua Katuku (Kamba); Immigration Minister Gideon Konchellah (Maasai); Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju (Luo); and Assistant Minister for Energy Mwangi Kiunjuri (Kikuyu)...
It's less sure whether Musyoka can bank on the Kamba MPs; Kibaki's supporters have been grooming one Kivutha Kibwana...
It may prove easier for Mount Kenya to get its way by delaying tactics such as those used by Kibaki-allies such as Kivutha Kibwana an assistant minister much admired for his commitment to democracy when in opposition...
The rally was addressed by Ford-Asili opposition leader Kenneth Matiba (Kikuyu) who boycotted the December 1997 elections saying they were pre-rigged NCEC lawyer Professor Kivutha Kibwana (Kamba) Safina Party MP Paul Muite (Kikuyu) Social Democratic Party leaders Charity K...
The NCEC is a loose coalition of church groups and lawyers including human rights advocate Gibson Kamau Kuria academics such as Professor Kivutha Kibwana and non-governmental organisation activists such as John Munuve...