I was a diehard Kibaki supporter
Infact, I consider myself an apologist. I liked the guy and his silent, hands off style
BUT
I always felt Old Kibaki's appointments were too centred around Mount Kenya. If it wasn't Murungaru, it was Mwiraria, or Iteere or Muthaura
I tried to see why Kibaki had turned out this way. I thought, in the case of the Ameru people, he was just showing gratitude. They had stuck with him when he was in opposition.
I went back to Kenyatta's days and drew parallels. These 2 were old, sickly men and probably couldn't trust anyone else with power. Thus for Kefake, he needed Muthaura to run govt for him as the real power behind the throne. Kenyatta had all his relatives from his district running govt for him. Yes, I thought maybe it's age...
Then comes youthful Uhuru. He is now committing the sins of his 3 fathers(biological, political and godfather for Jomo, Moi and Kibaki?)
You are the President. Already, the AG, OP PS come from your county. Come on, in the interest of national unity and cohesion, share the spoils with a Non-GEMA!
If Uhuru had improved on this, I'd have considered him better than Kibaki. For now, since he's carried on with what was there, Kibaki remains tops. UMK is just mbele ya Moi but behind Jomo.