{"id":10183,"date":"2020-06-25T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=10183"},"modified":"2020-06-25T17:31:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T17:31:16","slug":"a-tale-of-collapsed-power-deals-and-utter-betrayals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/a-tale-of-collapsed-power-deals-and-utter-betrayals","title":{"rendered":"A tale of collapsed power deals and utter betrayals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author: WAINAINA NDUNG’U<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> As Kenyans prepare for more constitutional reforms, the hard question is whether President\u00a0 Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition chief Raila Odinga\u2019s new alliance will defy history and live up to expectations.<\/p>\n

Since independence, no political pact has ever worked. Most alliances hardly last a political cycle, with vested interests often leading to betrayals.An early attempt at alliance building at the top was between first Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta and his ally Jaramogi Oginga Odinga.<\/p>\n

But even in the short period that Kenyatta served as premier between June 1, 1963, and December 12, 1964, the tension was already apparent between the two.Jaramogi would later be appointed the First Vice President and serve for two years until he resigned in a huff in 1966. Jaramogi was also Home Affairs Minister and Vice President of ruling party Kanu.<\/p>\n

New officials<\/strong><\/p>\n

By the time he resigned, his ministry had been stripped to the bare bone and the Kanu vice presidency devolved to the eight provinces. He was not among the eight new officials.<\/p>\n

Another attempt at an alliance had three actors – then Vice President Daniel Moi, long-serving Attorney General Charles Njonjo and Finance minister Mwai Kibaki. It had been crafted between 1975 and August 1978, when Moi succeeded Kenyatta upon the death of the First President.<\/p>\n

The crafting of this collegiate presidency was a result of the rise of a rightist movement of wealthy Gikuyu, Embu and Meru (Gema) barons who, through the \u2018Change the Constitution Movement\u2019, had wanted to bar Moi from assuming the presidency at the demise of Kenyatta.<\/p>\n

Moi did rise to the presidency after all. Njonjo and Kibaki, who had been appointed vice president, would in the next 10 years learn useful life lessons on the futility of thinking there could be more than one bull at the kraal.<\/p>\n

Njonjo would suffer the ignominy of a humiliating exit after being labelled a traitor. He was dragged through a judicial commission and his national network of allies fell on the wayside like dominoes. For the reserved urbane Kibaki, the humiliation was slow but sure.<\/p>\n

Kibaki woes<\/strong><\/p>\n

First, Kibaki was stripped of the Finance docket and his signature dominion eventually quarantined in his native Nyeri District. He was mocked as \u201cthe vice president of Nyeri.\u201dIn 1988, he had to personally fight off an\u00a0attempt to rig him out of his constituency. Then, he returned to Parliament and became Health minister. Kibaki would quit Kanu ahead of the multi-party elections of 1992.<\/p>\n

At the time, Jaramogi and ex-detainee Kenneth Matiba were working on an alliance to take on President Moi, but could not agree on who would be the presidential candidate for the opposition Ford.<\/p>\n

Their dalliance was, however, short-lived and Ford broke up into Ford-Asili, on whose ticket Matiba vied, and Ford-Kenya, Jaramogi\u2019s vehicle. Kibaki ran on DP and a divided opposition helped Moi to secure reelection. A similar pattern was repeated in 1997 and Moi proceeded to serve his final term in office.<\/p>\n

The next power deal would happen towards the 2002 elections as Moi\u2019s long presidency came to an end. To end Kanu\u2019s dominance and after a disagreement sparked by Moi\u2019s choice of successor, Raila Odinga crafted a united National Alliance Rainbow Coalition (Narc) complete with an agreement attested by top lawyers.<\/p>\n

Narc\u2019s synergy had easily won the 2002 elections. The alliance fell apart. The National Alliance wing of Narc would then trash the agreement under which Raila was to be named prime minister. A bitter fallout ensued. The first result was a contested 2005 constitutional referendum in which Kibaki\u2019s side lost.<\/p>\n

Then came the divisive 2007 elections and the 2018 post-election violence, which led to the formation of the grand coalition government after talks mediated by former UN boss Kofi Annan and international actors.<\/p>\n

The nusu mkate government struggled to complete its five-year term. The Kibaki-Raila government ushered in the 2010 Constitution. In the 2013 elections, Uhuru Kenyatta of The National Alliance and William Ruto of the United Republican Party came up with the 10-10 slogan, meaning the two would support each other for two terms<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Raila and allies formed the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy, which became moribund after elections.The Jubilee winning pair\u2019s pact fell apart soon after the 2017 elections. And today, Deputy President William Ruto is opposed to BBI being pushed by the President and Raila.<\/p>\n

Uhuru\u2019s allies such as David Murathe have left no doubt that the 10-10 pact is dead and buried.\u201cUhuru\u2019s only interest is securing his legacy by ensuring his promises under the Big Four agenda. Naturally, he will fight anyone against this drive,\u201d Murathe has said.With such an infamous national history on political deals, inclusivity envisaged under BBI might just be a mirage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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