Vol 49 No 11 |
- KENYA
- ANALYSIS
Yet ODM Minister of Agriculture William Ruto backed the idea; after the demise of President Daniel arap Moi's and his ally Nicholas Kipyator Biwott's political careers Ruto is the new Kalenjin leader...
President Moi with his cabal of Kalenjin business people such as Nicholas Kipyator Biwott broke the spell of the Kenyatta elite over the Kenyan economy...
That much was evident from the election: Moi's three political sons were all voted out in the Rift Valley as was Moi's long-term henchman Nicholas Kipyator Biwott...
Mobiltelea is said to be owned by the families of Moi and his trusted political and business partner Nicholas Kipyator Biwott...
Esther Koimett who is managing the Safaricom privatisation is Nicholas Biwott's daughter...
Kibaki and Murungi decided against tracing the assets and bizarrely started making political overtures to Moi and Nicholas Kipyator Biwott...
Kibaki too has acquired sizeable support from the Kalenjin of the Rift Valley by making allies of Arap Moi and his long-time apparatchik Nicholas Kipyator Biwott...
Vol 48 No 1 |
- EAST AFRICA
In desperation Kibaki’s advisors have persuaded ex-President Daniel arap Moi and his right-hand man Nicholas Biwott to back Narc-Kenya...
Kenyatta dismissed the significance of Moi and his henchman Nicholas Kipyator Biwott's manoeuvrings against him...
THE PRESIDENTIAL RUNNERS NAME PARTY SUPPORT BASE CHANCES Mwai Kibaki NARC-Kenya Central Province (Nyeri and environs national alliances through party network) Favourite helped by incumbency Kalonzo Musyoka ODM Ukambani Eastern Province Second favourite liked across Kenya but criticised as lightweight Raila Odinga ODM Luo Nyanza the most loyal but not biggest base Joint third favourite criticised for autocratic style Uhuru Kenyatta KANU Central Province and youth vote Joint third favourite came second in 2002 Musalia Mudavadi ODM Maragoli Western Province Strong compromise candidate William Ruto ODM Kalenjin Rift Valley Province Powerful vote-getter lacks national support Najib Balala ODM Coast Province and Muslim vote Popular but untried in senior jobs Julia Ojiambo ODM Samia Western Province and women Too junior in hierarchy Nicholas Biwott KANU Kalenjin Rift Valley Province Too unpopular to make a serious run ...
Former President Daniel arap Moi's endorsement of Nicholas Kipyator Biwott on 25 November as Chairman of the Kenya African National Union (KANU) instead of Uhuru Kenyatta was designed to scupper hopes for a broad-based opposition against President Mwai Kibaki's government...
Further north in Rift Valley Province the NARC-Kenya team will be targeting at least ten KANU MPs and meeting with MPs loyal to the dissident New KANU faction led by Nicholas Kipyator Biwott and Amukowa wa Anangwe...