They have similar titles; are of a similar background; have a similar ambition, and even ran a presidential race one as the deputy of the other ten years ago.
However, the more the two Deputy Prime Ministers resemble, the more they pull apart. For Sabatia MP Musalia Mudavadi, there is need to win the General Election on round one and to do this, the central Kenya vote needs to go his way. Uhuru Kenyatta has not taken this lightly. He feels Mudavadi is being used to undermine his authority in the region.