Exit Mwai Kibaki, accidental president who turned the economy around

Former President Mwai Kibaki. [File, Standard]

Up until three months before the December 2002 elections, the contest for the presidency was still up in the air. No one, least of all political commentators and pundits could bet on the Opposition pulling the rug from under Kanu- in power then, for 40 years.

Then in an article published in The Standard, I had opined; “the path of the Opposition has been like that of a drink-sodden man staggering for a few yards before crashing into every lamppost while assuring their supporters that all was well.”

But things were changing for the good.