However young Turks from Moi's Kalenjin group led by KANU Secretary General William Ruto wanted no business with Kibaki...
He and his rebel LDP faction teamed up with KANU's Chairperson and Secretary General Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto to form the Orange movement which campaigned across the country with colourful road shows that drew huge crowds...
William Ruto: The KANU Secretary General's campaigning overshadows his Chairman Uhuru Kenyatta...
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)...
KANU's Secretary General William Ruto a Kalenjin from the Rift Valley wants much tougher opposition to Kibaki...
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...