Former Gatundu South MP Moses Mwihia shows a shirt that was torn after goons attacked him in April 2017. [File, Standard]The late president Daniel Moi had tirelessly worked behind the scenes to have his preferred successor, Uhuru Kenyatta, clinch the Gatundu South parliamentary seat in 1997. Uhuru Kenyatta, son of founding president Jomo Kenyatta was never a prominent CPDSG member. Now only a little known quantity surveyor by the name Moses Ng’ang’a Mwihia stood between Uhuru and Parliament, according to Kanu projections. Uhuru Kenyatta turned out at the school compound on the night of the counting but couldn’t summon enough courage to get into the hall.

Source: Standard Digital May 23, 2021 06:00 UTC