Speculations over ex-President Daniel Moi’s role in the 2022 presidential race are in top gear as leaders continue to pay the elderly man a visit.
Moi was the true definition of an African leader during his heydays as the father of Kanu party.
He ruled Kenya for 24 years when his party was popularly known as Chama ya baba na mama.
He is also the mentor of President Uhuru Kenyatta who he thrust to the public and endorsed in 2002 as he was retiring.
Uhuru, then known as ‘Moi’s Project’, received a humiliating defeat from the opposition’s Mwai Kibaki.
Now, Moi’s son Gideon is angling for the top seat and is said to be in talks with opposition leaders led by Raila Odinga.
As such, several leaders have been paying Moi a visit raising eyebrows on what political game plan could be cooking.
On Saturday, Uhuru sent his State House comptroller Kinuthia Mbugua to Kabarak a day after Kalonzo Musyoka also visited Mzee Moi.
Mr Moi’s press secretary Lee Njiru said Mbugua had been sent by President Kenyatta to deliver a message of goodwill and assure Mzee that the President would ensure his ‘comfort’.
Deputy President William Ruto is the only top leader who has not met the retired president.
When he visited him in May, he was unable to see him with reports that mzee was seeing his doctor.