Kenya's former President Uhuru Kenyatta who presided over an agreement to deploy an EAC force in the Kivus says it was far more effective...
Youth movementIn the third corner is Fred Matiang'i the Interior Cabinet Secretary in Uhuru Kenyatta's government who appears to be positioning himself as the candidate for the Gen Z movement...
He also stated that if former President Uhuru Kenyatta had sought a third term he would have won...
But he advised former Presidents Mwai Kibaki and Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Raila Odinga...
Last month Ruto met with his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta...
In contrast though Odinga was given an AU envoy job as High Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa by Ruto's predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta this was an exercise in symbolism rather than substance...
This was despite Odinga being supported by Uhuru Kenyatta the president at the time a Kikuyu and son of the country's founding president (AC Vol 65 No 17 Kenyatta's favourite minister plans presidential bid)...
Gachagua is now trying to position himself as the political representative of Mount Kenya and claims to have made peace with the Kenyatta family after bitterly attacking former President Uhuru Kenyatta and the family's business interests during and after the 2022 election campaign...
The likes of former Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu and Ukur Yatani Treasury cabinet secretary in Uhuru Kenyatta's government and Marsabit governor are also facing trial over accusations of land grabbing embezzlement procurement and tender irregularities (AC Vol 61 No 6 The fight for Jubilee)...
A close ally of President Uhuru Kenyatta Matiang'i was in cabinet for almost all of Kenyatta's ten-year presidency...