President Kibaki was on the campaign trial in Rift Valley today even as reports of fresh tribal clash flaring up in Molo, came in. The president took time to pay glowing tribute to retired president Moi and suggested that a lot more public institutions around should be named after the retired president (are they not more than enough as they are?)
Elsewhere President Moi was presiding over some nurses' function.
Now is this a coincidence or is not the usual Moi tactic of preparing somebody for public office, in this case himself?
Now it is no secret that President Kibaki had planned to appoint Moi as special peace envoy in the region on behalf of the country. But Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju in a major diplomatic and protocol goof made the announcement a little prematurely. A minister can surely not appoint a former president, which is what Tuju wanted to do.
Most likely the Moi appointment would be of an international nature and could come even before the general elections slated for December this year.
Insiders insist that one of the sources to finance his re-election bid that President Kibaki is really looking up to is the Moi Family fortune. The Moi Family Fortune is estimated to be in excess of 4 billion US dollars, which would make Moi and his son, Gideon the richest and second richest Kenyans in that order and amongst the richest Africans south of the Sahara. It would also put former President Moi's personal worth a notch higher than that of the late president of the mineral rich Congo, Mobutu Sese Seko.
By the way rumour has it that Kibaki handlers are seriously looking into the arithmetic possibilities of appointing Gideon Moi the running mate to President Kibaki. Party affiliations are not worth the paper they are printed on in Kenya and Gideon can easily become a member of Narc-Kenya before you can say "no way." However the decision cannot be taken before the ODM presidential candidate is decided. The idea would be to completely neutralize ODM-Kenya influence in the expansive and MP-rich Rift Valley province. Winning Rift Valley is strategically important for any presidential candidate because it would assure them a numerical advantage in terms of MPs.
Moi and Kibaki handlers are hoping (and are in fact almost sure) that the ODM ship will self-destruct the minute the party presidential candidate is announced and want to see how the pieces and debris regroup before making their move. However I can report that the mood is one of over-confidence and certainty that Mrs Lucy Kibaki will not being overseeing any sudden urgent packing at State House come January 2008.
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