All eyes were now on the 2007 elections. on our side , nobody clearly declared that they would go for the Presidency. It was being hypothesized outside ODM circles that Raila would again play the role of a King maker. Kalonzo Musyoka was clearly ahead of Kibaki in the poles. There was a narrative being…
After the defeat of KANU, i resigned myself to a fairly quiet and private life, especially during the period 2003 to 2005. I spent most of the time reorganizing personal issues. I later decamped to LDP during a thanksgiving ceremony after Moody Awori was named Vice President. I had been persuaded by my Western colleagues…
MUSALIA MUDAVADI’S BOOK SOARING ABOVE THE STORMS OF PASSION Ngala’s Constituents excoriated him as cowardly and un ambitious as my supporters would later do when on, 05 September i made a tactical retreat to rejoin KANU. A cocktail of factors led to this faux pas on my part. Historical ties to Mzee Moi, family pressures…
From Musalia Mudavadi book SOARING ABOVE THE STORMS OF PASSION December 1997 was an epochal moment. It was the curtain raiser for the Moi succession seeing the constitution had now limited the presidency to two terms of five years. I had been under a lot of pressure to deliver Western province to KANU in the…
Henry Kosgei and Joshua Kulei, President Moi men were in 1998 whispering of a possible Uhuru Presidency. They seemed to be quite warm to the idea, However Uhuru was to many other people a political outsider. He had never shown any open interest in politics. The weekly review had carried a story about Uhuru titled…
Finally, after two years of dating, Steve and I decided to tie the knot. The journey had been long, uncertain, rocky but finally, Steve had gotten on his knees and manned up. I remember coz it was during one of the party’s that from the blues, he proposed to me and gave me a ring…
Mugithi artiste Anthony Kamau Ngata, aka Tonny Young, is giving mugithi king Samidoh Muchoki a run for his money, the young man has been holding thrilling shows all over the country and became the first Mugithi artist to perform in Riyadh Saudi Arabia. This historic event, which took place on Friday, March 1, was a…
