Kenya: The Rise of the 'Uhuruto'

5 December 2012
analysis

Like the platypus, the Uhuruto -- the newly-unveiled political alliance featuring Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto (with a supporting cast of Musalia Mudavadi and Najib Balala) -- is a strange beast, consisting of two such different parts that had been thought to exist only in fantasy.

Uhuru Kenyatta was, until recently, Kenya's Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister. He is also the incumbent MP for Gatundu South; the son of Kenya's first President; and the newly-minted leader of the Gikuyu, having triumphed in the succession struggle that kicked off in anticipation of the retirement of President Mwai Kibaki, the senior Gikuyu politician.

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