[Baringo Senator Gideon Moi. He has announced that he will be vying for presidency in 2022. Courtesy: The Star]
Political and current affairs analyst Dorothy Jebet has said President Uhuru Kenyatta could be secretly supporting Baringo Senator Gideon Moi in his succession plan in 2022.
In a lengthy opinion editorial published with The Star Newspaper on Saturday, Jebet noted that President Kenyatta's move to attend KANU's National Delegates Conference was well choreographed, adding that there could be a hidden scheme by former President Daniel Moi to lock out Deputy President William Ruto during the 2022 general elections.
"The 2022 remarks at Kasarani did not come by accident. It was a well-choreographed statement that Uhuru was privy to, going by the wide smile he wore on his face. He knew it would be the second agenda after the first agenda of endorsing him," Jebet quipped.
She further noted that President Kenyatta is noncommittal to a Memorandum of Understanding allegedly signed between him and DP Ruto that could see the latter succeed him.
"In 2022, Gideon and Governor Rutto might agree to support each other by one of them dropping out of the race. The DP will be left alone to chew the enormity of his bungled MoU with Uhuru," she stated.
Gideon Moi has already made it clear that he will be gunning for the country's top seat during the 2022 general elections.