The ODM’s new head of elections Franklin Bett (a former Chief of Staff to ex-President Daniel arap Moi) gave loud assurances that there would be no repeat of the 2007 nominations fiasco...
The creation of 47 semi-autonomous counties under the constitution of August 2010 could well reopen questions about land-grabs during the Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi eras which mainly benefitted families close to them...
This union of reform activists and conservative ethnic hawks dislodged former President Daniel arap Moi’s Kenya African National Union from its 40-year reign...
He was a provincial commissioner in the Rift Valley during the 1990s when President Daniel arap Moi’s regime exploited communal tensions between Kalenjin and Maasai locals and Kikuyu settler communities in the province to drive out opposition-supporting groups...
Once a student activist against President Daniel arap Moi Miguna later became a key advisor to Odinga (AC Vol 52 No 3 Rewards and realpolitik)...
He was one of a number of handpicked professionals thrust on to the political scene by President Daniel arap Moi in the early 1980s...
He was once the personal lawyer of ex-President Daniel arap Moi but has recently stated repeatedly that both Ruto and Kenyatta are constitutionally barred from running in December’s presidential election...
Kibaki along with former Attorney General Charles Mugane Njonjo backed Daniel arap Moi then Kenyatta’s deputy...
He used these positions to acquire considerable wealth land and property and his political career as a member of parliament and assistant minister in Daniel arap Moi’s government consolidated his position as a Kikuyu leader...
This year’s politics and the race to succeed Kibaki are set to resemble those of the 2002 elections which were dominated by the race to choose a successor to President Daniel arap Moi...