KANU party leader, Gideon Moi on Tuesday, September 6, made his first public appearance after the August 9 poll with a protective cast on his arm.
In a statement issued by Wiper party leader, Kalonzo Musyoka, the KANU party leader was recuperating after a fall during a campaign rally in Suswa that required surgery.
Kalonzo affirmed that the politician was responding well and would be in tip-top shape soon.
"This afternoon Senator Gideon Moi paid me a courtesy call at my Nairobi residence. I'm glad to see that he is recuperating well after a fall during a campaign rally in Suswa that required surgery. My family and I wish him well and a quick recovery."
This was Moi's first appearance after he was dethroned from the Baringo Senate seat. Moi came second after William Cheptumo, of United Democratic Alliance (UDA), who garnered 141,777 votes.
Moi's defeat in the Senate race spelled doom for the KANU party after it lost key seats in the August 9 poll. The party's Secretary General, Nick Salat failed in his quest to clinch the Bomet East parliamentary bid after garnering 13,425 votes against UDA's Richard Yegon who got 35,431.
Further, Raymond Kipruto Moi, who defended his seat on a KANU party ticket, lost the Rongai parliamentary seat to UDA's Paul Chebor. Raymond's defeat marked the end of Moi's family dominance in elective politics in the Rift Valley region.
To add to KANU's woes, Tiaty Member of Parliament (MP)-elect, William Kamket shifted his allegiance to the Kenya Kwanza coalition on Thursday, September 1.
Kamket noted that the move was necessitated by the need to work together to realise the economic objectives promised to Kenyans.
At the time, the MP-elect was the only KANU candidate who had survived the proverbial UDA wave in Baringo county
"Working together is imperative for the full realization of the economic objectives we promised the people of Kenya. I am pleased to welcome Tiaty MP William Kamket to Kenya Kwanza," president-elect William Ruto stated.
