Two factions are struggling for control of the party one led by its Chairman Uhuru Kenyatta the other by its Secretary General William Ruto who has tried to rally the influential Kalenjin bloc to his side...
According to KANU's Director of Elections William Ruto the party will not 'blindly sign a so-called memorandum of understanding with anybody...
Other contenders are veteran MP Henry Kosgey his Kalenjin colleague William Ruto or compromise candidate Bonaya Godana from the tiny Borana group...
Biwott once KANU to the core appears to have fallen out with senior figures such as Gideon Moi and William Ruto in his party and is said to be edging towards NARC...
Moi and his closest advisors Trade Minister Nicholas Biwott personal assistant Joshua Kulei cabinet ministers William Ruto Cyrus Jirongo and Henry Kosgey and civil service chief Sally Kosgei sound utterly sure of victory for their Kenya African National Union...
Moi his son Gideon Nicholas Kipyator Biwott Joshua Kulei and William Ruto - KANU's nomenklatura - are ready to take that risk...
The new National Director of Elections William Ruto (Nandi) is also close to Biwott and a long-time opponent of Saitoti's...
The party would go to the elections due by December with a slate of youngish politicians who could mobilise ethnic support for a Moi-friendly transition: Kenyatta (Kikuyu 41) Cyrus Jirongo (Luhya 44) Julius Sunkuli (Maasai 43) Raila Odinga (Luo 57 son of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga) William Ruto (Kalenjin 50)...
Vol 43 No 1 |
- EAST AFRICA
In Kenya two strategies will preoccupy President Daniel arap Moi and his closest Kalenjin advisors Hosea Kiplagat Nicholas Biwott William Ruto Sally Kosgey and Joshua Kulei...