Wycliffe 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...

Significantly Odinga and his lieutenants William Samoei Ruto and Musalia Mudavadi differed publicly on how to tackle the rise in maize flour prices...

Jirongo a long-time businessman and former ally of ex-President Daniel Toroitich arap Moi is considered a threat in Western Kenya to the ODM's deputy leader Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi Moi's last Vice-President who was brought into the ODM to deliver the vote of the Luhya in western Kenya...

It was crafted by Kimunya and Kibaki but reflected consultation with ODM Local Government Minister Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi a one-time Finance Minister and Odinga...