How Kalonzo goof cost him the presidency

Wiper Democratic Movement Leader Kalonzo Musyoka during an interview with The Standard on January 4, 2023. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

Like a device with a self-detonating mechanism, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka wasted probably his best chance ever to become Kenya's president in 2013.

In the run-up to the presidential campaign, Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto were desperately fighting to break from the yoke of the International Criminal Court (ICC) that was hanging like a sword of Damocles on their political future. They were also facing lengthy jail terms in a foreign land if convicted of crimes against humanity charges.