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BY FR JOACHIM OMOLO OUKO, AJ
NAIROBI-KENYA
SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012

On February 18, 2012 George Saitoti takes his presidential campaign to Elgeyo Marakwet where he declares that he had forgiven retired President Daniel arap Moi for the tribulations he suffered under his rule.

Moi had ridiculed him intermittently in public forums and during the March 2002 Kanu Delegates Conference in Kasarani. He had urged Moi to practice democracy by allowing delegates of the ruling Kenya African National Union (KANU) to freely choose its presidential candidate for the forthcoming general elections.

He claimed that he was poised to defeat President Moi’s preferred successor Uhuru Kenyatta for KANU’s presidential ticket in 2002 before unnamed people clandestinely removed his name from the delegates list.

Moi sacked him after serving as vice president for 13 years. He told Moi on his face that he should respect the will of the people, saying “they have a right to choose their next leader.

Moi had publicly said the VP was not fit to succeed him. Instead he endorsed then local government minister Uhuru Kenyatta, son to Kenya’s first president, for the post. Moi also sacked three ministers opposed to his choice of Uhuru as KANU presidential candidate.

Moi’s campaign for Uhuru had created dissatisfaction among some key party members, including energy minister and secretary- general of the party, Raila Odinga, who argue that Uhuru lacks political experience to qualify him for the job.

In recent political gimmick, three presidential aspirants had been put on notice to either join the PNU Alliance or risk losing crucial support. Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka, Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Internal Security Minister George Saitoti were urged to unite if they have to win the backing of 1.5 million-vote Mt Kenya East bloc.

He survived poisoning around the same time Ouko was murdered. Saitoti broke his silence in Parliament where he tore into a report by a select committee, which investigated the mysterious death in 1990 of the then foreign affairs minister Robert Ouko.

Parliament trashed the report- arising from a 2004 probe into the discovery in February because the report fingered top officials in the Kanu regime.

Agriculture Minister Sally Kosgey, who served as a diplomat at the time said the report was riddled with falsehoods. She added the committee did not corroborate their evidence.

March 28, 2012 George Saitoti dismisses calls by a section of politicians that he should resign over the increasing insecurity in Kenya.

Prof Saitoti accused the politicians of being sycophants and urged them to appreciate the good work being done by security agents.

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