The presence of Baringo senator Gideon Moi’s wife, Zahra, at a political function whose chief guest was Raila Odinga has given credence to reports that the top three powerful families, the Kenyattas, the Mois and the Odingas, have plans afoot to rally behind one presidential candidate in 2022.
The media-shy Zahra was present during the commemoration of one year of the Building Bridges Initiative in Nairobi. BBI is an initiative of Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila to purportedly return the country to sound political footing after rivalry threatened to tear the country following the 2017 disputed presidential elections.
Gideon, who is a Christian, is married to Zahra, a Muslim and the couple has three children. Zahra has made countable media appearances with the most notable one being when she bagged the prestigious Restaurant Of The Year Award for Lord Errol Hotel which the couple owns.
Lord Errol Hotel, which is a facility with a colonial-style building, is located in the leafy Runda Estate, a few minutes’ drive from Unep Headquarters and the American Embassy.
It is at the same hotel that weeks back, Gideon had hosted Raila for a political discussion on the way forward.
Their meeting came at a time when scores of William Ruto’s are charged in court or summoned by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations to record statements over their involvement in alleged graft.
During the women’s meeting, Raila dismissed claims that he was using the March 9 2018 handshake with Uhuru to rock the Jubilee Party.
Insiders aver that Uhuru has been pushing for Raila and Gideon to work on a formidable alliance ahead of 2022.
That something is in the cooking publically was manifested in the presence of Senator James Orengo at State House when Uhuru assented to three bills last week.
Orengo’s presence when Uhuru assented to energy Bill 2017 was quickly read by observers as an early warm up on the kind of a team Uhuru and Raila are building ahead of 2022 general elections which is expected to be marked by fireworks.