NARC (-K): All over the place -video

As ODM-K settles its issues out, even in shouting matches and pretend love-ins, their opponents on the right are far from settled. It is not even known what party the President will allign himself with in December.

Confused? There are efforts by Dr Noah Wekesa and Prof. Wangari Maathai to revive the election winning coalition in NARC, with party chair Charity Ngilu uncooperative. Then there are defections to Joseph Munyao's Democratic Party, and the wrangles in NARC-K persist. ODM-K would be smiling, if only they did not have so many problems themselves.

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After Kibaki

One consequence of the unraveling of the contract that held the NARC-K conglomeration together was the freeing up of Mwai Kibaki to run for a second term as President. Some uncharitable cynics may say this was the plan all along. Many more will not care either way; it has after all been a relatively benign presidency. On a broad scale of factors things are looking up. The economy is riding a comely wave, big business is humming nicely and even a stock market in the midst of a corrective run manages to reflect a confidence in the future.

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Wambugu P on the immediate future of Kenya's politics, especially the personalities of NARC-K and ODM. Read more here.