Musalia Mudavadi
Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi (born September 21, 1960 in Vihiga District in the western province of Kenya ) is a former Vice President of Kenya.
He comes from the Luhyas ethnic group , who are famous in Kenya for being divided among numerous sub-tribes. This fragmentation has always led to the fact that the voting power of the Luhyas, after all the second largest ethnic group in the country, was able to secure the presidency or even the candidacy for the highest presidency for one of their own.
Comparable to other leading Kenyan politicians, Mudavadi is the son of an "old guard" politician. His father, Moses Substone Budamba Mudavadi, was a powerful general secretary of the Kenya African National Union (KANU) and held the post of minister “Local government”.
Mudavadi initially worked for a brokerage firm (Tysons Limited). On March 17, 1989, he won the parliamentary seat in his constituency of Sabatia without an opponent (who had resigned under pressure) . In July 1989 he was appointed Minister for Supplies and Marketing by his mentor, President Daniel Arap Moi .
Mudavadi tries to publicly put less on the “ethnic map”, which means that he is less able to collectively bring the voices of the Luhyas behind him on a national level. Therefore, he could never get into the very front ranks of the political leaders. The entry of Uhuru Kenyatta as a presidential candidate in 2002 suddenly destroyed his slim chance of becoming president.
In the 2002 election, he lost his seat in parliament as acting vice-president because voters did not forgive him for rejoining KANU, which had previously been abandoned for the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) (which helped President Mwai Kibaki win). Thereupon the KANU offered him one of the nominable parliamentary seats, which he refused. For the 2007 election, Mudavadi ran two campaigns on the ODM ticket: one for the lost parliamentary seat, and the other within the party for nomination as a presidential candidate.
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| SURNAME | Mudavadi, Musalia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mudavadi, Wycliffe Musalia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kenyan politician, Vice President of Kenya |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vihiga District |