President Moi had just 24 months before his last term ended on December, 31 2002. President Moi then heightened his campaign for Uhuru Kenyatta in public rallies across the country. We thought about forming a new political party but we knew that Moi could make the registration of such a party impossible. We could fall into the same trap, ending up with a minority Kanu president. We did not want to go into the general election under the name of any existing political party.

Source: Daily Nation April 21, 2017 18:11 UTC