Presidential hopefuls due to attend were: Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka (Kamba); Uhuru Kenyatta (Kikuyu); William Ruto (Kalenjin/Nandi); Najib Balala (Coast member of parliament for Mvita in Mombasa); Julia Ojiambo (Luhya/Samia); and Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi (ex-President Daniel arap Moi's last Vice-President)...
Musalia Mudavadi (Luhya/Maragoli) is an uninspiring Moi protégé...
The ODM boasts an array of presidential contenders representing all but two of Kenya's eight provinces: Odinga (Nyanza); Musyoka (Eastern); Kenyatta (Central); William Ruto (Rift Valley); WycliffeMusalia Mudavadi (Western); and Najib Balala (Coast)...
THE PRESIDENTIAL RUNNERS NAME PARTY SUPPORT BASE CHANCES Mwai Kibaki NARC-Kenya Central Province (Nyeri and environs national alliances through party network) Favourite helped by incumbency Kalonzo Musyoka ODM Ukambani Eastern Province Second favourite liked across Kenya but criticised as lightweight Raila Odinga ODM Luo Nyanza the most loyal but not biggest base Joint third favourite criticised for autocratic style Uhuru Kenyatta KANU Central Province and youth vote Joint third favourite came second in 2002 Musalia Mudavadi ODM Maragoli Western Province Strong compromise candidate William Ruto ODM Kalenjin Rift Valley Province Powerful vote-getter lacks national support Najib Balala ODM Coast Province and Muslim vote Popular but untried in senior jobs Julia Ojiambo ODM Samia Western Province and women Too junior in hierarchy Nicholas Biwott KANU Kalenjin Rift Valley Province Too unpopular to make a serious run ...
Musikari Kombo and Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi (both Luhya Kenya's second biggest ethnic group after the Kikuyu) have said they will run...
Vol 47 No 1 |
- EAST AFRICA
Raila Odinga Kalonzo Musyoka and Musalia Mudavadi have announced their interest...
(Wycliffe) Musalia Mudavadi: Joining the 'No' campaign gave him a political comeback...
The soul of the Orange group is the rump of Moi's Kenya African National Union party including its articulate secretary William Ruto Moi's son Gideon Uhuru Kenyatta (KANU's presidential candidate in 2002) Moi's lawyer Mutula Kilonzo and Musalia Mudavadi (KANU's Vice-President in 2002)...
Vice-President Moody Awori is from Western and launched his own Yes campaign in Vihiga District the fiefdom of Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi Odinga's ally and a former cabinet minister...
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...