By Gakuu Mathenge
The Kenyattas seem to radiate some magic on the political arena that make Kenya’s top politicians want to embrace them, and Michuki is only fallowing a tradition.
Former President Moi surprised many when he anointed Uhuru, then 42, and a political novice, as his successor in 2002, overlooking an array of more experienced politicians in Kanu then, among them his Vice-President George Saitoti and then Cabinet ministers Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka, and Musalia Mudavadi.
Then more shock came when some senior politicians from central Kenya, among them DP patron Njenga Karume, abandoned Kibaki – his longtime political ally — to support Uhuru’s presidential campaign in 2002.
Although Uhuru was in the LDP/Kanu alliance that nearly brought his first term to a premature end, President Kibaki overlooked politicians who stood by him and appointed Uhuru Deputy Prime Minister when the Grand Coalition Government was formed in 2008 to the chagrin of more experienced politicians like Martha Karua, who had fought political battles against Kanu with Kibaki.
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