Then one day in 2002, Too and Uhuru went to State House to dine with the President. ‘Tell him you need Mark Too so that he shows you around Parliament and how things work (in politics and power circles)’,” Uhuru recalled. Uhuru went to Moi and told him that Too had sent him. With Kibaki, Uhuru’s godfather during his baptism, leaving office, there were backroom machinations to ensure Uhuru clinched the presidency. The CORD alliance of Raila, Kalonzo and Moses Wetang’ula challenged the win in the Supreme Court, but it was dismissed on a technicality.

Source: Standard Digital May 27, 2017 20:48 UTC