In no less than 17 seats Kanu candidates have been returned unopposed, giving Mr Moi a head start in the contest for 188 seats.
'If you don't support Kanu you won't get maize,' said one diplomat. Liberalisation of maize marketing has been a critical part of the donor-funded agricultural reform drive since 1986, which, according to one donor, is 'now back to square one'.
Kanu won 95 seats, with five still disputed. President Moi has powers to appoint a further 12 members.
Then followed the suspicious 'defection' of more than 40 candidates to Kanu.
On the contrary, Kanu still has a fair amount of support from the three communities. As to the murder of Dr Robert Ouko, there is an ongoing High Court case which makes the matter sub judice.
THE carload of government supporters careered down Nyeri's main street, loudspeaker blaring election slogans, occupants waving posters adorned with a cockerel, symbol of Kenya's ruling party, Kanu. It was a forlorn gesture of defiance.
The rebels' leader, Lieutenant-Colonel Yaya Kanu, promised to restore democracy.
This cannot be seriously blamed on the ruling party. It seems to me that what is expected of the ruling party by the authors of the article is that Kanu should disqualify itself or make it easier for the opposition to win.
The land was owned by Mr Cyrus Jirongo, the chairman of Youth for Kanu 92, the organisation spearheading Kanu's electoral campaign.
The land was owned by Mr Cyrus Jirongo, the chairman of Youth for Kanu 92, the organisation spearheading Kanu's electoral campaign.
Mr Moi can nominate 12 members, giving Kanu 112 seats in the 188 member assembly.