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When there is no choice, Ministers find new ways to survive in politics

Posted by African Press International on September 29, 2007

Story by SIMBI KUSIMBA
Publication Date: 9/29/2007�

Trade minister Mukhisa Kituyi has quit Narc Kenya and joined New Ford Kenya.�

Minister of Trade Mukhisa Kituyi.

The former Narc-K secretary-general said his action followed two meetings with his supporters � one at Friends� School Kamusinga and the other at Naitiri Friends� church in his constituency.

The Kimilili MP moved along with all other Narc-K delegates from the constituency to the party chaired by Housing minister Soita Shitanda.

�I�m now in New Ford Kenya, and we are having our party�s delegates conference at the Bishop Scam Conference Centre tomorrow (today) to make several resolutions and decide who to endorse for the presidential race,� Dr Kituyi said yesterday.

The minister�s move comes a year after he abandoned Ford-K to join Narc-K where he served briefly as interim chairman before being made interim secretary-general.

Narc-K was then widely believed to be the one on whose ticket President Kibaki would seek re-election.�

But the President has now identified his base � the National Party of Unity.�

ODM wave

He is due to launch his campaigns at the Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, tomorrow.�

The launch is seen by political observers as intended to counter an ODM wave sweeping across Western Province following the naming last month of former vice-president Musalia Mudavadi as party presidential candidate Raila Odinga�s running mate.

Today, Kanu, Ford-K and Narc-K � all PNU affiliate parties � are scheduled to hold their national delegates conferences before endorsing President Kibaki as the coalition�s presidential candidate tomorrow.

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