The season of coalitions and talks of pre-poll mergers is here with us yet again. Our pundits tell us that some of the 'weak' presidential aspirants whose candidacy may hit rock bottom are currently engaged in pre-poll merger talks with those considered strong contenders to succeed President Kibaki. According to the pundits, its just a matter of time before such 'weak' candidates emulate Mutava Musyimi, throw in the towel and withdraw from the race.
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Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka should expect some hard questions from his party when he launches the Wiper Democratic Party's election board. Some of his supporters claim they are "lost" because the VP has not featured prominently in any of the headline grabbing alliance talks that have been taking place in recent weeks. They also want the VP to minimize his travels abroad so that he can concentrate on local politics and his presidential campaign.
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Maybe its just a force of habit or a mere oversight. But should Kibisu Kabatesi, deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi's private secretary and director of public communication continue referring himself as such in connection with the Ministry of Local Government? Mudavadi quit the Cabinet where he was in charge of the Local Government docket. Maybe its time for Kabatesi to relinquish the reference to the ministry since it now has a new minister —Paul Otuoma— who presumably has his own private secretary and director of public communication?
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How quickly people forget. Nginyo Kariuki, the man who facilitated the registration of Uhuru Kenyatta's TNA party when his National Alliance of Kenya morphed into TNA was taken aback when he tried to take his place at the main dias where Uhuru was seating. Some overzealous young party supporters who did not know how important Mzee Nginyo was, stopped him from taking his rightful seat at the dias. A senior party official had to intervene and resolved the matter amicably for all parties concerned.
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