Tujibebe Wakenya Party Leader William Kabogo on Sunday, January 9, opened up about how he convinced President Uhuru Kenyatta to ditch his Amani National Congress (ANC) counterpart Musalia Mudavadi.
Speaking during a church service at RGC Liberty Christian Centre, Kabogo revealed that in 2013, he was the mastermind of a plan to scuttle Mudavadi's bid for the presidency.
The former Kiambu Governor admitted that the two Deputy Prime Ministers in the Grand Coalition Government had formed a pact to bid for the country's top seat.
After consultation, Uhuru agreed to shelve his ambitions for State House in favour of Mudavadi, whom he declared he would support. However, Kabogo did not fancy the idea of a Mudavadi presidency.
He hatched a plan to push Uhuru to succeed retired President Mwai Kibaki and in the process, looked past the ANC party leader.
Uhuru had withdrawn his bid for the presidency to focus on the ICC case against him but the Mt Kenya leadership, who were led by Kabogo, wanted to hear none of it.
In the past, the former Kiambu Governor admitted that he surreptitiously got rid of the MoU between Uhuru and Mudavadi.
Consequently, Uhuru paired with United Republican Party (URP) leader William Ruto and contested for the seat under the Jubilee Party. He blamed "dark forces" for cajoling him to drop his presidential bid - triggering the famous "madimoni" (ghosts) political remark.
Kabogo expressed regret over his actions and apologised to the One Kenya Alliance (OKA) principal.
"Please forgive me. That was not your time, yours will come," Kabogo muttered. Mudavadi has described the incident as one of the lowest moments in his political career.
However, the Tujibebe Party leader, declared that he was willing to work with Mudavadi in any capacity, whether as, president, deputy president or governor of Nairobi County.
"I can serve at any capacity. I can serve as deputy (president) of a good man like this," he stated, pointing at Musalia.
The former Kiambu boss had declared interest in succeeding President Kenyatta but later withdrew from the race.
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