Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta seems to be in a political dilemma as he seems to have been caught between a rock and a hard place as he contemplates his political future at ODM-Kenya.
It is rather obvious that he can not make it as the movements presidential candidate as the race there is largely between Kalonzo Musyoka and Raila Odinga with the latter heavily tipped to win the day.
On the other hand Uhuru's party is being wrestled from him by Kerio South MP Nicholas Biwott as a court case is still in progress to determine who are the bonafide officials of Kanu.
This puts Uhuru in a compromising position as he may find easily find himself with no party to contest the presidency with and may end up being offered a smaller position in the ODM party which he may find difficult to be content with considering that he vied for the presidency in 2002.
A witty politician who learns fast and is also able to make compromises for the common good of Kenyans, Uhuru cannot be written off so fast considering that he is probably the richest presidential aspirant and capable of self funding a presidential campaign.
In a country where money counts for much, Uhuru could find it difficult to convince those at ODM that he is the best bet for president but again he could go solo, form his own political outfit and finance his presidential campaign in his second bid for the top seat. This kind of move is ill adviced.
However sources close to Uhuru say that he is not very determined to contest the presidency this time round but wants to be part of the winning team that will wrestle power from president Kibaki in the polls expected to be held in December. He will then take the next 5 years to repackage himself for a successful bid for the presidency in 2012.
Uhuru has shown a lot of maturity and consistency ever since he lost his presidential bid in 2002 but the fact that he has fallen out with Moi for joining ODM has cost him plenty of Kanu supporters from Moi's Kalenjin community and the expansive Rift Valley which the retired president knows like the back of his hand. But again he has won many more from other parts of the country.
Kenyatta's youthfulness is also on his side considering that majority of the voters are youths who have been disillusioned by the Kibaki administration which seems to consider give priority to those above 70 years for plum jobs in the civil service and parastatals, something that has annoyed many Kenyan voters.
All said and done, Uhuru could make a formidable presidential candidate this time round unlike in 2002 when he was considered Moi's "baby". Writing him off would therefore be a big mistake.
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I supported Uhuru in 2002, mainly because the NARC group was pretty much KANU with a whole lot of promise and no bad history - I basically didn't trust them.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy with Uhuru's progression to the man is he is now although I grossly disagree with him on the Ruto-led-ODM-quest-to-doom. But the advantage that stand brought about is that he now isn't in 100% good books with Mr. Moi Sr. This to me is very important since a large margin of him losing votes in 2002 was because everyone thought he was A Moi project.
Now if your estimates are right and he holds his ground till 2012, I think he will take the presidency clean. By then the other contenders his age (read akina Kalonzo/Raila among many) will have in one way or another screwed up; while he sorts himself out. What he has that they don't (apart from money) is that he has been there and done that... experience is his upper hand.
Tuonane 2012 basi...
Uhuru was doing well as the leader of the opposition. So respected, he often came third in potential president polls. He was very popular among young Kenyans and also in urban areas.
ReplyDeleteAnd then...Raila happened!
He just nearly lost his party, which he now heads as a lame duck and there is nothing 'next' for him.
Poor boy!
Does Uhuru Kenyatta and other presidential hopefuls have official websites where we can checkout what they are really promising to do for our great nation.
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