I BELIEVE LAUNCH

Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta launches what he hopes will be his vehicle to State House — The National Alliance — on Sunday and he plans to make the day grand and pompous.
To crown his battle to succeed President Kibaki and occupy the office whose first African occupant was his father, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Uhuru also plans to roll out his agenda for the country.

It will be the first time in his life that Uhuru will be crossing to another political party, completing the transition from Kanu, the Independence party which the larger Kenyatta family stuck to in the era of defections in the 1990s through to 2002.
Schemers of the party that its founders want called TNA in the abbreviated versionare burning the midnight oil to ensure Uhuru starts off in a powerful way that will send a strong message across the country on his determination to capture the Presidency.
They also are not allowing his tribulations with the International Criminal Court (ICC) that has indicted him for crimes against humanity, and over which he is left with only one appeal, to dampen the spirit of the ‘big day’.
On Wednesday, party officials modestly insisted it was just the unveiling of the party and not the official launch of Uhuru’s presidential campaign. But the mobilisation of his supporters on mobile phone short text messaging and on the ground paints a different picture.
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TNA Secretary General Onyango Oloo said the party will be launching its programmes and “showing Kenyans how different we are from other parties.”
Oloo told The Standard: “Uhuru is not launching his presidential campaign at Kenyatta International Conference. We are just unveiling the party where he is expected to grace the occasion.”
He, however, added: “In the event that the DPM will announce TNA as his political vehicle, then the move will be welcomed.’’
Oloo confirmed that a number of presidential aspirants had been invited, but declined to give the names saying: “It will be good (for) you (to) wait and see those who will attend.”
But other sources said top Uhuru aides spent the whole day on Wednesday planning the launch.
According to a dispatch released by the organisers, the function has been described as the launch of TNA’s ‘I Believe Programme’.
After quitting Kanu, Uhuru indicated he was moving to TNA whose slogan is ‘I Believe -Tunaweza’.