President Uhuru Kenyatta is a man born with politics cruising through his veins. Being the son of the founding president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta it was almost inevitable that the politics bug would bite him.
He first threw his hat into the arena in 1986 when he expressed interest in the Makadara constituency seat but things did not go according to plans and he migrated to Lari constituency in Kiambu.
In 1997 he unsuccessfully vied for the Gatundu South parliamentary seat on a KANU ticket despite being the party's chair in the region.
The young Uhuru accompanied by his wife, now First Lady, Margaret Kenyatta traversed the constituency in the hunt for votes but ended losing to Moses Mwihia who was accused of faking his own death to discredit Uhuru.
The then President Daniel Arap Moi appointed him to run the Kenya Tourism Board in 1999 and Nominated him as a member of parliament two years later.
His career accelerated as Moi endorsed Kenyatta as his successor just a year later in an election that he lost to his godfather Mwai Kibaki, but bagged the Gatundu South seat.
As an official opposition leader, Uhuru imposed his presence in the heart of national politics as he constantly put pressure on the Kibaki administration.
Ahead of the heavily disputed 2007 general elections, Uhuru shelved his presidential ambition and supported Mwai Kibaki’s bid for a second term.
After the formation of the grand coalition government between President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Uhuru was appointed as a deputy prime minister and the Minister for Finance.
He would later be accused of having funded the violence in Naivasha and ended up being indicted in the International Criminal Court (ICC).
For the 2013 general elections, Kenyatta would team up with William Ruto whom most considered as his arch-nemesis as he reignited his bid for Kenya’s top job.
He won the elections beating three-time presidential candidate and the immediate former prime minister Raila Odinga.
Uhuru Kenyatta retained his seat in the disputed 2017 elections that were later nullified and Kenyans had to head to the ballot for a repeat election in October in the same year.
The repeat elections were boycotted by his main challenger, Raila Odinga, leaving Uhuru as the sole contender hence retaining his seat.
