Barely a fortnight after tearing into President Kibaki, health minister Charity Ngilu was at it yesterday again and dismissed the Narc-Kenya party which Kibaki intends to use as a vehicle for his re-election bid later this year.
Ngilu who is chairperson of the original Narc says she's out to strengthen the original Narc and probably enable her to forge a coalition with other parties in a bid to have a formidable force to take on Narc-K and ODM-Kenya.
Flanked by Ford-Kenya chairman and minister for local government Musikari Kombo, Ngilu is now emerging as the leader who will pioneer the so called 'third force' and perhaps shore up many dwindling political fortunes ahead of the forthcoming general elections which are to be held on or before December 29.
Kombo is finding himself between a rock and a hard place as he is not a darling of the government of national unity (of which he is a prominent member of) and neither is he comfortable with ODM hence joining Ngilu and fronting a third force could be the only option available to him at this juncture.
Both Kombo and Ngilu have a lot in common not to mention that they head political party's which are mere shells and don’t have much clout. Both are also currently facing stiff resistance from within their own party ranks.
Kombo and Ngilu also have presidential ambitions but these seem to have been dimmed over the past few months following the political developments in the country, which does not favor them.
All the favorites for the presidency besides Kibaki are in ODM and it is only after they elect or select their presidential candidate that Kombo and Ngilu will have a chance to evaluate their position.
Chances are that neither Ngilu nor Kombo will ever rule Kenya but they can still have the opportunity of serving successive governments as ministers or even vice president's but this will all depend on how they play their cards from now until the much awaited December polls.
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