Uhuru technical advisor reveals Azimio flaws that led to the loss of 2022 polls
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Mutahi Ngunyi, Uhuru Kenyatta's technical advisor says comfort in state support, and ignorance led to Azimio loss in the 2022 polls
Mutahi Ngunyi, Uhuru Kenyatta’s technical advisor says comfort in state support, and ignorance led to Azimio loss in the 2022 polls.
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s technical advisor Mutahi Ngunyi has revealed that disorganization, comfort in state support, ignorance, and lack of teamwork are some of the factors that cost Azimio leader Raila Odinga in the August 9, 2022 elections.
Ngunyi, an influential yet controversial political scientist, has made the revelations barely a week since he shifted allegiance from his former boss’ camp to President William Ruto.
In an interview with Nation at the weekend, Ngunyi claims that Raila believed he would automatically win the presidency because he had the then-president’s support.
“He believed that he would get the presidency automatically because of Uhuru Kenyatta’s support. Therefore, he did not put as much effort as I thought he would. I once raised that issue with him when I visited his home in Karen and told him that if Uhuru does not come to campaign for you in Central [region] you are going to lose,” Ngunyi explained.
“I told him relying on the deep state would result in a loss because it [the deep state] is incompetent as currently constituted. It will not deliver this election for you. If you trust the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission [IEBC] to deliver election for you, then they won’t,”
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Ngunyi says that as a result of little or no experience in politics, senior state officers who were supposed to give intelligence reports to steer the Azimio campaign gave it a relaxed approach.
“During the process of tallying votes, I told him [Raila] not to allow Ruto pass the 50 percent plus one; if so then he should forget the presidency.
He said ‘Say no more’ and that is when he sent his people to Bomas of Kenya.
A number of them, especially the bigwigs of the coalition were not there.
They had abandoned the process nationally and got relaxed. I have never seen such a disorganized political camp,”
He also disclosed that when the former president announced his support for Raila in last year’s polls, he had no choice but to support his decision.
In return, he urged Uhuru to hit the ground and campaign for his preferred candidate in the Mount Kenya Region. He believed it was possible to sell Raila’s candidacy to the people.
When asked whether he was an insider in the Raila-led coalition he said “I was not an insider, I just wrote speeches for Raila occasionally. I was never there during strategizing. I support Uhuru but I don’t agree with him on Raila Odinga,”
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