There is a simple way of seeing whose name was being played:

Much No joined Wazua on 4/3/2008
Much Know joined Wazua on 12/6/2008
The numbers tell the story. No case to answer!

There is a simple way of seeing whose name was being played:
Much No joined Wazua on 4/3/2008
Much Know joined Wazua on 12/6/2008
The numbers tell the story. No case to answer!

Do celebrate just yet.. An assault case in the court? Can a convicted criminal hold the seat? #kideromustgo

It's not that Kidero's party leader doesn't like him,... it appears he's scared of him - BIG difference. The question would be why?

I think the answer lies in the perception of the future. Some quarters - and I tend to believe this, so this is subjective - believe that it's because in a popularity contest within the party, the Governor might end up being more popular than his party leader. This would end the party leader's 2017 hopes, and therein lies the problem.

Add to this the fact that Kidero has been very chummy with the President and is forging paths unavailable to his party leader (locally and abroad - adding to that 2017 attractiveness), and one can see why the fear is being misinterpreted to be dislike.

This can be illustrated with a parable (as told by MuchNo... sorry, I don't know enough about soccer to make mine appropriately sporty). When a mother has two sons - one a rabbel-rouser and the other a hard working goody two-shoes - both of whom are vieing for her attention, she tells them that she loves them equally. Lakini, she secretly lets goody two-shoes into the kitchen every day to enjoy a sumptuous meal, while serving the rabbel-rouser githeri and blaming hard times for the poor quality serving.

This appears to be the problem in the CORD camp - Kidero is running the most important elected office that the party landed, and he'd been doing so with aplomb and in his stride, courting local and international influential leaders with seeming ease that belied the effort required (until this incident... in fact, he had just come from a meeting with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and the Nigerian businessmen in tow - including one Aliko Dangote, Africa's wealthiest individual; funny how the rich crowd together, eh? One of Kenya's richest men courting Africa's.... but, I digress).

Meanwhile, the party leader is constrained to making noise on the sidelines. If I were said party leader, I would loathe such a party member... and I'd be scared mafi-less of the man too!