One of the key figures in liberating Kenya from Daniel arap Moi's autocracy Odinga deserves better than to be defined by his five fruitless attempts to be elected president...

Azimio has reacted by comparing Ruto's co-opting tactics to those of former President Daniel arap Moi and as an attempt to diminish parliamentary oversight...

However Ruto will have been cheered by the result in Rongai constituency in Nakuru also in the Rift Valley where UDA's Paul Chebor comfortably defeated Raymond Moi son of former President Daniel arap Moi three weeks after his younger brother Gideon Moi lost his Baringo senate seat to William Cheptumo...

An accomplished and energetic operator recruited by the family of President Daniel arap Moi to run the youth wing of the ruling party in the early 1990s he has built up a formidable network of supporters as well as a personal fortune...

Chief Justice Koome 62 fought hard for political rights advocating for detainees under the authoritarian rule of President Daniel arap Moi in the 1980s and 1990s...

Odinga's team is to be led by 82-year-old Pheroze Nowrojee a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in London Philip Murgor a lawyer who acted for President Daniel arap Moi and James Orengo the newly elected Siaya senator for Azimio La Umoja coalition (AC Vol 38 No 24 The voting business)...

Gideon Moi son of former President Daniel arap Moi lost his Baringo senate seat to the UDA's William Cheptumo by over 70 000 votes...

But for many supporters of Ruto this election is a chance to end the political and commercial dominance of the Kenyatta family which has prevailed for six decades through the era of founding father Jomo their candidates Daniel arap Moi and Mwai Kibaki up to the present government under Uhuru Kenyatta...

He was also personal assistant to President Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi's Head of Public Service Philip Mbithi...

Kibaki's first term between 2003 and 2007 heading a multi-ethnic government was widely seen as a marked improvement on the rule of his predecessor the authoritarian Daniel arap Moi...