Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga (L) of the opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, speaks at a press conference ahead of a political rally in Machakos.
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Being the vice president at the time, he thought that he was the natural Kanu party flag-bearer and subsequently, the next president. Much to Saioti’s chagrin, and to the surprise of many, Moi fronted the incumbent President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta instead of him, drawing bad blood between the two. Prof Saitoti later died in a chopper crash suspected to have been an assassination.
