Mudavadi 8hr secret meeting dubbed “a men-only club” with Uhuru kinpin

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Is Mudavadi the secret man central Kenya has prepared?

Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi has said his focus is to win the presidency in 2022.

“It’s no longer a story. I will be there and you (should) just support me. The ideology that ANC is a party associated with Western should not be there. It is a capable national party and everyone of us should know what we expect in 2022,” he said.

Mudavadi latest move was when he attended the burial of renown businessman Muchai Githu in Shomo village, Gatanga constituency, before retreating to Murathe’s home around 5pm.

The meeting with Jubilee Vice chairman and President Uhuru Kenyatta’s confidant David Murathe on Saturday has stirred the political grapevine.

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Murathe hosted Mudavadi for more than seven hours at his rural home in Gatanga.

Murathe is also well known to Mudavadi since their days at Nairobi School.

The meeting came a week after it was reported that the ANC leader was shopping for a running mate from central Kenya in his bid to succeed Kenyatta who is constitutionally ineligible to run again.

Murathe is no ordinary central Kenya politician. He is Uhuru’s close ally and confidant, having played a major role in his presidential campaigns in 2013 and 2017.

Image result for mudavadi uhuruIncidentally, Peter Kenneth,  is also Murathe’s close ally and is seen as the front runner to succeed Uhuru as central Kenya’s preeminent political figurehead. He has yet to show ambition for 2022 although he is expected to gun for the top two positions.

He was at the forefront in the formation of TNA party and later transforming the Jubilee Coalition into Jubilee Alliance Party, the precursor to the current Jubilee Party.

Also in the meeting described as “a men-only club” were a few businessmen and influential political operatives who had been invited by Murathe. They included Capt Kungu Muigai, Uhuru’s cousin and de facto spokesman of the Kenyatta family.

Kungu is known to be in the President’s inner circle and is patron of the National Council of Elders and inter-community networking group.

Also present was former Kenya Pipeline and Kenya Volleyball Federation boss Waithaka Kioni.

Murathe played down the meeting and said people should not read too much into it. He told the Star that Mudavadi had shown up for the funeral and he decided to host him since former area MP Peter Kenneth and sitting MP had left for Kitale.Image result for uhuru ruto

Since his re-election, Uhuru has avoided making any direct endorsement of Ruto’s presidential bid despite their Jubilee pact.

His November 3 declaration that his choice in the 2022 succession politics would be a shocker to many was the closest he had come to commenting on the controversy.

During the same meeting, Uhuru told MPs from Mt Kenya region MPs to spearhead development and avoid succession talk and ‘loitering’.

The remarks surprised MPs who have been aggressively marketing Ruto’s presidential bid in the populous region despite the President’s repeated cease-and-desist warnings against 2022 politicking. They saw it as the clearest indication that Uhuru may renege on his pre-election promise to back Ruto for the country’s top job.

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