With Kibaki’s camp split over the succession – whether to back Uhuru Kenyatta or Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi – some strategists argue for another postponement of the elections...
He has lost his key ally Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi in Western province and other supporters on the Coast...
Among those likely to profit politically from his death is Musalia Mudavadi...
Long regarded as its inevitable presidential candidate Odinga now faces a strong challenge from his deputy the usually docile Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi whose campaign threatens to tear the party apart galvanising his Western Kenya Luhya voting bloc behind him...
His deputy Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi has been quick to announce a bid for the ODM leadership...
That would mean passing over his preferred candidate former Finance Minister Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi...
Related to this is the problem of his running mate Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi who won the western Kenya Luhya vote for the ODM and became the party’s second-in-command...
An impression that Musalia Mudavadi’s influence might be waning seemed to be confirmed when the ODM lost a crucial by-election to an ally of Wamalwa in April...
Kibaki is Kikuyu (Central Province) Odinga is Luo (Nyanza Province West Kenya) Vice-President Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka is Kamba (ethnic cousins of the Kikuyu Eastern Province) Uhuru Kenyatta is Kikuyu (Central) and Deputy Prime Minister and Local Government Minister Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi is Luhya (Western)...
The steady rise of the ODM's other deputy leader the understated Minister of Local Government Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi further complicates the leadership struggles as the party prepares itself for the next election...
Alongside these potential presidential candidates and alliances of candidates there are tentative moves by Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula and Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi...