[wanabidii] Why I think Mudavadi was duped into vying for top job................food for thought

Wednesday 5 September 2012

[wanabidii] Why I think Mudavadi was duped into vying for top job................food for thought

Mudavadi has to demonstrate that he is a new kid in the block - a presidential material in the race.Unfortunately,his tirades are Let RAO LEAVE FOR HIM AND RETIRE WITH Prezzo Kibaki.

Why cant he define his candidature to the people of Kenya who by showing what democracy is that was"missing" in ODM,A Party that picked him from the people of Sabatia.

Is he the sole presidential material in UDF!

If RAO Retires with Mzee Kibaki,is there a guarantee that he will romph to statehouse!

There was overwhelming support on his departure which unfortunately is knowhere - perhaps his ambition is not burning well enough to translate his leadership to the electotates.

We are in a reforms period courtesy of the constitution and times - he is yet to fit the bill for his past is not known to agitate for change,perhaps he stll finds the old order sweet and so a mantain status quo leader.

Above all,he must shrug off the Project tag whether he is or not!

Evans MACHERA.

From: Kuria-Mwangi <kjmwangi@gmail.com>
To: uchunguzionline@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 6, 2012 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: [uchunguzionline] Why I think Mudavadi was duped into vying for top job................food for thought

Thank you sana. Khaguli will be crying tonight (ata pigwa nduru pia).

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 7:57 PM, margaret gichuki <Wams2006@gmail.com> wrote:

Kuria and MaryAnn,

Oh no!

Not when we have two women ( read my tribe) running.

Wams

Karua for Prezzo

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Kuria-Mwangi <kjmwangi@gmail.com> wrote:

Wams
Did you defect to ODM or what? Please return to the fold and lets us build UDF.

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 1:00 PM, margaret gichuki <Wams2006@gmail.com> wrote:

Opinion Why I think Mudavadi was duped into vying for top job

Updated Tuesday, September 04 2012 at 00:00 GMT+3

By Jared Okello

Deputy Prime minister and Sabatia Member of Parliament Musalia
Mudavadi rose to stardom when he abandoned his party that propelled
him to the august House, ODM. He stole lots of newspaper headlines for
almost a month just before and after his exit, parading one excuse
after another on modus operandi of his sponsoring party.

During that period, rumour was rife that he was part of State House
grand scheme to perpetuate impunity by giving the retiring President a
hand in the next government; and raw pursuit of selfish and narrow
ethnic and party interests. This prompted State House to send a
statement of denial of such involvement. It may have been false, but
perceptions are made of a set of coincidences evident then and
realities on the ground.

Mudavadi consequently resolved to refuse to be put off by peoples'
prejudice about his ambition to run for president.

One wonders the short span of that burning fire. Was it lack of
introspection from the part of Mudavadi? His case is a kin to Icarus
paradox that applies, "victories and strengths so often seduce people
into excesses that cause their downfall. Success leads to
specialisation and exaggeration, to confidence and complacency, to
dogma and ritual".

Mudavadi seems to lack the free hand and latitude to run his political
machine. Even in the glaring face of impending by-elections in Ndhiwa,
Kajiado and Kangema constituencies, his party UDF, did not see the
need to sponsor candidates there, or even offer reasons to his
supporters as to why not. Could someone be suffocating his party of
much-needed resources to run his campaigns? Could there be hidden wars
in the management of UDF.

With the original gusto and thrust one expected that his party would
be a household name by now and that the Presidency will be his to
lose. On the converse Uhuru's newly launched party, The National
Alliance, TNA, seems to have stolen thunder from him, with candidates
for by-elections in all the three constituencies, to the chagrin of
Mudavadi's UDF. Could Uhuru Kenyatta be the likely candidate to give
Raila Odinga a run for his money, at the expense of Mudavadi?

The writer is a commentator on political and social matters.

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