Uhuru to launch TNA

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Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta (left) with Health Minister Beth Mugo at KICC during the launch of The National Alliance. Photo/WILLIAM OERI 

By NATION REPORTER
Posted  Sunday, May 20  2012 at  13:20

IN SUMMARY

Uhuru Kenyatta's chronology:

• Born Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta on October 26, 1961
• Son of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president (1964–1978)
• Attended St Mary's School in Nairobi
• Studied political science at Amherst College in the United States
• In 1997, Uhuru contests Gatundu South Constituency parliamentary seat and loses to Moses Mwihia
• Former President Daniel arap Moi appoints Uhuru the new chairman of the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB)
• Nominated to Parliament in 2001 by KANU
• Uhuru ran as KANU's candidate in the December 2002 presidential election, but lost to Mwai Kibaki
• In January 2005, Uhuru Kenyatta defeated Nicholas Biwott for chairmanship of KANU
• Uhuru leads KANU in campaigns against the draft constitution in 2005
• Uhuru supports Kibaki's re-election in the December 2007 presidential election
• Appointed Minister of Local Government in January 2008
• Becomes Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade in April 2008 in the coalition government
• Uhuru appointed Minister of Finance from 2009 to 2012
• Resigns as Minister of Finance on January 26, 2012 after being accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of committing crimes against humanity in relation to the violent aftermath of the 2007 election, but remains as the Deputy Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta is at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) to unveil the party on which he hopes to run for the presidency in the General Election. (Watch the live stream on www.nation.co.ke/live)

Also, Uhuru's mother Mama Ngina, Justice Minister Eugene Wamalwa, Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Ongeri and several Cabinet ministers and MPs have arrived at the venue.

Thousands of The National Alliance (TNA) supporters are at the KICC to grace the occasion. Read (Fresh start as Uhuru finally unveils his party)

The launch of TNA, which has been spectacularly fashioned by events organisers and public relations consultants, is expected to be elaborate, with five satellite events in Kakamega, Mombasa, Nakuru, Kisumu, Eldoret and Garissa, from where there will be two-way communication via giant screens.

Religious leaders, business people and politicians allied to the G7 Alliance with whom Mr Kenyatta aims to work ahead of the elections are arriving for the launch.

The organisers have set up a state-of-the-art podium adapted to facilitate filming of the event by a local production company. The proceedings will be beamed live on local television stations.