The Mount Kenya Foundation money will probably back Odinga and whichever formation emerges from a possible deal with the lacklustre One Kenya Alliance – the old National Super Alliance principals plus the Kenya African National Union's Gideon Moi...
Unravelling tentKenyatta had hoped that his 'big tent' politics would co-opt not just Odinga but also the two leaders of the main Luhya parties Musalia Mudavadi and Moses Wetangula Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka a Kamba and Gideon Moi a Kalenjin and leader of the Kenya African National Union in this new grand coalition...
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While Mudavadi and co have indicated that they want to formalise their One Kenya coalition with Gideon Moi and his Kenya African National Union there is no sign that this is close to being a viable election-winning vehicle without the support of Kenyatta Odinga or both...
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The other possible contestants – Musalia Mudavadi and Kalonzo Musyoka – sometimes talk about fronting a third force possibly led by Gideon Moi who himself seems unsure...
These include: Amani National Congress chief Musalia Mudavadi Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka Gideon Moi of the Kenya African National Union and Ford-Kenya's Moses Wetangula...
Agreeing on a common candidate has emboldened the alliance's principles Amani National Congress leader Musalia Mudavadi Wiper party's Kalonzo Musyoka Gideon Moi of the Kenya African National Union and Ford-Kenya's Moses Wetang'ula to believe that similar tactics could see one of them take the presidency as a compromise candidate (AC Vol 62 No 6 Raila's weak grip)...
Amani National Congress leader Musalia Mudavadi (Odinga's running mate in 2007) Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka Kenya African National Union's Gideon Moi (son of Kenya's second President Daniel arap Moi) and Ford Kenya leader Moses Wetang'ula have created their own 'Sacred Alliance' faction and are conducting their own campaigning on the BBI under the banner of a 'One Kenya Movement'...
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Despite attempts by Baringo Senator and Kenya African National Union party leader Gideon Moi son of the former President to take Ruto's position as the political kingpin in the Rift Valley the Deputy President is confident that he retains overwhelming support of the Kalenjin community once the fiefdom of President Moi...
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His much-photographed visit on the following day at Gideon Moi's residence prompted speculation about whether the First Family is considering him as its nominee to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2022 (AC Vol 61 No 14 A big tent for Moi's children)...
With Kenyatta on a deal-making spree – he had signed pre-election coalition pacts with Gideon Moi's Kenyan African National Union Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper Democratic Party and former Council of Governors chair Isaac Ruto's Chama cha Mashinani (The Grassroots Party) – Murathe's abrasive remarks told Odinga that he was no longer indispensable to Kenyatta's succession plans...
The growing prominence of Gideon Moi son of late President Daniel arap Moi in the succession matrix we understand should be taken seriously...
A coalition between Mudavadi's Amani National Congress (ANC) and Gideon Moi's KANU would have expanded the reach and influence of these two Moi scions beyond their individual ethnic bastions...
Both the sinecures and concrete political benefits have arrived: the appointment of KANU's Samuel Poghisio as Senate Majority Leader; various state appointments and more ostentatiously Gideon Moi's assignment to represent President Kenyatta at new Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera's inauguration...