Ahead of this meeting, wrangles had rocked the party after a decision by Uhuru in 2007 to support the re-election of President Mwai Kibaki. Effectively, this rendered Kanu a moribund outfit as it was a minority partner to Kibaki's Party of National Unity. At the time of the Naivasha meeting, Uhuru was a deputy Prime Minister in the Grand Coalition government and had been instrumental in leading the Kibaki side during the Constitution-making process in 2010. But inside the Jogoo party, Uhuru was facing a revolt led by Baringo Central MP Gideon Moi, son of former President Daniel arap Moi. At the end of the second day, Saturday, December 17, 2011, Kanu had not made any headway on how it would strengthen its structures that had been weakened after losing to a united opposition in 2002.

Source: The Star May 11, 2020 09:00 UTC