Kenneth matiba nearly became president in 1992 after the multi party democracy was introduced.
Matiba garnered 1.5 million votes with moi getting 1.9 million votes.
Jaramogi Odinga an ally of matiba before bitter break up had million votes while kibaki had 900000.
Kenneth matiba was famed for the ‘Kuuga na gwika’ ( kusema na kutenda ) slogan, almost became the president of Kenya. However, it was feared that as a leader, he probably would not have gelled well with Asians, whom he once reportedly threatened to kick out of Kenya if he took over the helms of power.
Ruto adopted the slogan in his URP political party In the run up to 2013 poll before merging with jubilee.
He still loves the slogan and might use it for his campaigns in 2022 where he is the front runner.
