Amani National Congress Party Leader Musalia Mudavadi has tapped into political think tanks, some of which previously worked for President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition chief Raila Odinga ahead of his 2022 political gameplan.
According to a local daily, the 15-member think tank includes Eliud Owallo, a management consultant whose firm, Eluid and Associates, has been bagging huge consultancy work in and out of government.
In 2013, Owallo worked as Raila’s presidential campaign manager, but the two fell out in the run-up to the 2017 polls after contesting the Kibra parliamentary seat.
Also advising Mudavadi is lawyer Sam Karanja who chaired Jubilee’s Appeals Tribunal.
He was among the drafters of Jubilee Party election laws as well as rules and regulations.
Others are Eric Wafukho, George Musyoka and David Kabeberi.
Wafukho, a leadership and governance consultant, served on the Nasa Policy, Research and Strategy Team in 2017.
Musyoka, on the other hand, was the 2017 Team Uhuru campaign coordinator for Machakos, Makueni and Kitui counties for the Jubilee Party and President Kenyatta’s presidential campaign.
Kabeberi, an accounting and financial expert, was involved in Kibaki and Uhuru’s campaigns as a political strategist, especially in fundraising
To manage his communication unit, the ANC Party leader recently hired well-known media personality Jimmi Gathu as his new media liaison boss.
The politburo’s mandate is to develop new political strategies and come up with what some insiders have described as a new “unstoppable” Mudavadi”
He has also set up a presidential campaign secretariat on posh Riverside Drive in Nairobi, away from the ANC offices in Lavington.
Having become MP at only age 28, Mudavadi is a wealthy man and can comfortably finance a good political campaign from his personal resources.
He also has deep connections with Kenya’s wealthiest families including ex-President Daniel Moi’s family, which backed his election in 2013.
