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ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi, Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli during the burial of Justice Aggrey Muchelule’s mother in Khwisero, Kakamega County, yesterday. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]
Politicians eyeing State House have adopted a two-pronged approach to solidify their chances of clinching the top seat in the 2022 General Election.
With the elections barely 18 months away and President Uhuru Kenyatta’s term coming to a close, alliances along two competing sides are emerging.
One of the foremost alliances seems to be forming around the 2018 handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga, the two parties that agreed to work together to solve problems bedeviling the country.
The THA and the PNM
Friday 22 January 2021
THE EDITOR: The PNM is the only party that has been consistent and loyal to Tobagonians, having contested every THA election from the Assembly s inception in 1980, to the present day.
The records show that the very first THA elections in 1980 were won by the Democratic Action Committee (DAC) led by ANR Robinson, which took eight seats while the PNM took four. The Fargo House Movement (FHM) led by Dr Winston Murray failed to win a seat.
Since then, 11 political parties have opposed the PNM in THA elections. They are/have been: the DAC, the National Joint Action Committee (NJAC), the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR), the United National National Congress (UNC), the People’s Empowerment Party (PEP), Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP), The Platform of Truth (TPT), The Movement for Transformation (TMF), the FHM, Tobago Forwards (TF) and the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP).
Secret Meeting That Put Kang ata on Road to Defection
Senate Majority Chief Whip Irungu Kang ata addresses the Senate on Wednesday, May 13, 2020
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Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kang ata is a man on the crosshairs since a letter he had addressed to President Uhuru Kenyatta was allegedly leaked to the public on January 3, 2021.
However, new details have emerged, revealing that the Murang a Senator had held a series of consultations that culminated in a secretive night meeting held at his Grogan home in Murang a on New Year s eve.
Nation on January 7, 2021, reported that the meetings had been prompted by Jubilee Party and Governor Mwangi Waria s Civic Renewal Party (CRP) losses in a by-election held in Gaturi ward, Murang a on December 15, 2020.
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Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kang ata (left), flanked by some MPs, speaks after receiving copies of BBI report on October 22, 2020. [File, Standard]
Jubilee Party members in Mt Kenya have been discussing possible changes to its parliamentary leadership after the explosive letter by Senate Chief Whip Irungu Kang’ata advising a rethink of Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).
On Tuesday, what was said to be a high-level think tank of the mainstream JP in Mt Kenya region held a four-hour meeting at a hotel in Nairobi to brainstorm on the bleeding triggered by “Kang’ata’s letter.”
The meeting, attended by about 15 people, was chaired by National Assembly deputy Chief Whip Maoka Maore (Igembe North) and saw intense discussions centred around salvaging the BBI in the region.
THE STANDARD By
Wainaina Ndung u |
January 4th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
After an eventful year characterised by a fight for the soul of Jubilee Party, President Uhuru Kenyatta enters the twilight of his presidency with a full in-tray on his desk.
Forget his legacy wishes. That will entirely be dependent on how well he is able to manage the immediate tasks at hand, like stabilise the economy, retain his grip on power and cultivate the respect of a diverse and restless group of potential successors ready to mercilessly tear into each other.
Senate Majority Chief Whip Irungu Kang’ata is of the opinion that Uhuru’s focus will remain on delivering his many projects, among them water and roads. “He wants Kenyans to achieve political reforms, but I think his focus remains on legacy and development and not politics,” said Kang’ata.