saitoti was to chair the committee that was to decide whether UK and Bill Rooto can run for the presidency 2012...seems their fate is sealed if Saitoti has his way

RAO talked about the tying of a certain Kengele on a Cat!
i see a runoff ensuing - first round everyone throws in their hats and top 2 are picked. if Bill and Uhuru are not in the race, then I foresee
Kalonzo being either first or second in the race with RAO but none will get the 50% + 1.

@b.timer... what if they don't? they back somebody else instead?

@ BTimer,

The anti-Odinga group has to be very careful.

Steve could be good since though he has no major constituency currently(I don't find his tribe enthusiastic about him), his people would troop to his side if they realised he was headed for a win.

But Steve has a heavily maligned name. Although most attacks on him are baseless, they spread faster than attacks on any other politician.

Also, politics, like religion, is about hope. Steve doesn't make one want to look forward to his Presidency in anticipation. He is closer to Mudavadi and Saitoti in nature. The only way is for this group to make it a heavily tribal anti-Odinga campaign.

I have realised that the most vocal people never go far in Kenyan politics. Matiba played hard ball and got fanatical followers, he never savoured the fruits. Orengo and Jaramogi too tried but never made it. On the other hand, softies like Moi and Kibaki made it to the peak.

Could this be the end for Raila?

I was thinking PNU would pick Tuju. But Raila would then have a chance of upsetting them by reconciling with Steve and sweeping the disgruntled Kao vote.

So maybe Baba Muasya, who is hated more than he is loved may just end up leading us. I have heard more people than I can count from many tribes swear they can't vote for him.

Already it's clear from body language that UK and WSR do not trust Stevo, if the two are blocked from vying then Saitoti cannot be discounted!!!!

You need to realize that Ngilu, Wamalwa and Kibaki were set to win the elections of 2002 whether Raila said Tosha or not. Raila was a turn coat in 2002 and move house more than countable times before sneaking into the NAK union after trying to enter Nyachae's party hoping to be endorsed. After no one was willing to endorse him for president (remember even Moi refused to endorse him in Kanu), he was left with no other option but to jump into the bandwagon.

Would you care to analyze the results of 2002 before you make that wild claim????

Emotions? You need to see a future with a guy before you can join him. Uhurus people see a future with him, ruto's, even makwere..Kalonzo? Honestly? Still don't know what he stands for and I think sometimes even he does not know what his future holds.

If I vote for SKM, what will I get in return? When he answers that, he has hope. But even as Kenya has proven to be Zamunda, we still haven't reached such low levels.

No emotions there, but I haven't met anyone anywhere who has even mentioned his name as an alternative to anything.

@Ngalaka and @mcreggae, what do you think would have happened if LDP had gone on their own? I believe NAK would have won. The country was exhausted and wanted change. It would have been a tight 3 horse race which the Kibaki group which already had the backing of the then popular civil society would have triumphed. The main value of LDP was in weakening KANU.

@ Mc Reggae....MK actually won the 1997 elections but was rigged out by Mo1. Its laughable to even think that UK would have beaten him in 2002....almost 80% (if not 100%) of UK's votes came from RV. LDP was just a collection of Kanu rejects who would not have won the elections anyway. These guys just joined a winning team a few weeks to the elections halafu baadaye wakaanza mambo ya sijui MOU. How i wish we would have had KANU, NAK and LDP vying separately....it would not have been a landslide win lakini we would have had a stable government. Apart from RAO who else was in LDP anyway....Kalonzo, Saitoti! sasa hawa walileta kura ngapi?