Musalia Mudavadi
| Musalia Mudavadi | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Kenya | |
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In office 13 April 2008 – 9 April 2013 Serving with Uhuru Kenyatta |
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| President | Mwai Kibaki |
| Prime Minister | Raila Odinga |
| 7th Vice-President of Kenya | |
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In office 4 November 2002 – 3 January 2003 |
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| President | Daniel arap Moi |
| Preceded by | George Saitoti |
| Succeeded by | Michael Wamalwa |
| Minister of Transport and Communication | |
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In office 2000–2002 |
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| President | Daniel arap Moi |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | John Michuki |
| Minister for Information, Transport and Communication | |
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In office 1999–2000 |
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| President | Daniel arap Moi |
| Preceded by | William Ole Ntimama |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 1993–1997 |
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| President | Daniel arap Moi |
| Preceded by | George Saitoti |
| Succeeded by | Simeon Nyachae |
| Minister for Supplies and Marketing | |
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In office May 1989 – 1993 |
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| President | Daniel arap Moi |
| Preceded by | Mulu Mutisya |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
21 September 1960 Sabatia, Kenya |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Political party | Amani National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Tessie Mudavadi |
| Relations | Moses Mudavadi (father) |
| Children |
3
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| Alma mater | University of Nairobi |
| Religion | Christianity (Quaker) |
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| Website | www |
Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi (born 21 September 1960, Sabatia, Vihiga District) is a Kenyan politician, who served as Vice President of Kenya in 2002 and as Deputy Prime Minister from 2008- 2012 May when he resigned officially to join the presidential race. He is the current Party Leader of Amani National Congress (ANC) after decamping from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) led by the prime minister Raila Odinga in 2012 where before his resignation he served as the deputy party leader.He was third in the Kenyan general election, 2013.
He first became an MP in 1989, when he was elected unopposed to take the Sabatia Constituency seat vacated by his deceased father Moses Mudavadi.
In late 2002, Mudavadi was the last and shortest serving Vice-President of Kenya under President Daniel arap Moi. Mudavadi was appointed in an unsuccessful attempt to bring the then Western Province votes into the camp of KANU, which had been the party of government since independence.
Mudavadi ran for Vice-President as Uhuru Kenyatta's running mate in the 2002 election. Despite the support of the outgoing President Moi, the KANU political machine and the provincial administration, the Kenyatta/Mudavadi ticket was roundly beaten and Mudavadi lost his Sabatia parliamentary seat.
In 2005, Mudavadi made a political comeback by aligning himself with the 'No' side in that year's Referendum on the proposed new Constitution. This aligned him clearly with Raila Odinga's LDP and it was speculated that he could become the leading Luhya politician.
After the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) split from the ODM-K, Mudavadi sought the nomination of the ODM as its candidate for the December 2007 presidential election. On 1 September 2007, the ODM elected Odinga as its presidential candidate; Mudavadi took second place with 391 votes, far short of Odinga's 2,656 votes. Along with the other defeated candidates, Mudavadi expressed his support for Odinga afterward, and he was named Odinga's running mate for the election.
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