This archive report was first published on 6 December 2019.
Musalia Mudavadi Reveals 2013 Deception by Uhuru and Ruto ¶
ANC Party leader Musalia Mudavadi has lifted the lid on how he was duped by President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto ahead of the 2013 poll.
According to his autobiography, Mudavadi was approached by Uhuru and Ruto who wanted to pull out of the poll due to the crimes against humanity charges they were facing at the International Criminal Court.
They asked Mudavadi to be their joint presidential candidate against ODM leader Raila Odinga, then Prime Minister.
However, within no time, the top-secret meeting had spread far and wide, including in the mainstream media that Uhuru and Ruto had pulled out of the race.
After two days, they saw an angry Uhuru recant the deal on national TV, claiming he had been 'misled by demons' and that he was still very much in the race.
For the first time, Mudavadi says the Uhuru, Ruto support that never was almost ruined his campaign's momentum.
He says several MPs asked him if it was better to throw his weight behind another formidable candidate like Raila.
It was suggested that they were now on a lost cause, Mudavadi recalls.
