Moses Mudavadi on family, politics and life

At 60, former Vice President Musalia Mudavadi’s political life is well known. He lets us glimpse a side of him we rarely see.

Musalia Mudavadi has an amazing poker face. Pleasant and amicable throughout, yet never showing his hand (figuratively speaking) unless it is absolutely necessary. Talking to him, I cannot get a read on what his words aren’t saying - the nuanced emotions that give you a closer look at a person. But every once in a while, that solid veneer of controlled emotion breaks. For instance, when I ask him about what drew him to his wife Tessie.

“Oh my!” he says, chuckling. “Good values, by the way. You meet people, you start talking…”