Candidates Profile

Name: Raila Amollo Odinga
Synopsis: ODM Presidential Candidate

Date of Birth: January 7, 1945
Place of Birth: Nyanza Province
Father's Name: Jaramogi Oginga Odinga
Mother's Name:Mary Emma Odinga

High Education

MSc Hons, Otto von Guericke Technical University, Germany: Mechanical Engineering1970

Experience
Assistant Lecturer :University of Nairobi 1970
Kenya Bureau of Standards 1976
Member of Parliament (MP), Langata 1992
Minister for Energy, 2001-2002
Minister for Roads, Public Works and Housing, 2002-2005

Contact Information:

Campaign Website: http://www.raila2007.com/

Name: Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka
Synopsis: ODM-Kenya Presidential Candidate

Date of Birth: December 24, 1953
Place of Birth: Tseikuru, Mwingi District
Father's Name:
Mother's Name:

High Education
LLB Hons, University of Nairobi :Bachelor of Law degree 1977

Experience
Member of Parliament (MP), Kitui North 1985
Assistant Minister for Works 1986-1988
KANU's National Organizing Secretary 1988-1989

Contact Information:
Rehani House 9th floor
Koinange street
P.O BOX 67121
Nairobi, Kenya
Phone +254-020-213460
+254-020-215541
+254-020-220330
Fax +254-020-214787
Campaign Website: http://www.kalonzomusyokaforpresident.com/

Name: Mwai Emilio KIBAKI
Synopsis: Chairman: DP, Kenya; President: Government of Kenya

Date of Birth: November 15, 1931
Place of Birth: Othaya, Nyeri
Father's Name: Githinji Kibaki
Mother's Name:Teresia Wanjiku

High Education

BSc Hons, London School of Economics, England: Economics and Public Finance 1959
Bachelor of Arts, Makerere University College, Kampala: Economics, History and Political Science 1954

Experience
Minister Home Affairs: Government of Kenya 1982-1988
Vice-President: Government of Kenya 1978-1988
Minister Finance and Economic Planning 1970-1978
Minister Commerce and Industry 1966-1969
Assistant Minister Department of Finance 1963-1966
Chief Executive Officer Kenya African National Union 1961-1963
Lecturer Department of Economics: University of Makerere Uganda 1959-1960
Sales Manager Shell Co of E Africa Uganda 1955-1956

Contact Information:
P.O. Box 30510 Nairobi
00254 020
president@statehousekenya.go.ke

Candidates ready to take off

The incumbent President Mwai Kibaki now will have sleepless nights to fathom ways and means necessary for his occupancy extension at the Kenya State House. This follows the nomination of two presidential aspirants, former foreign minister Kalonzo Musyoka (ODM-Kenya) and Raila Odinga Orange Democratic Movement (ODM).Recent pollS shows incumbent President Kibaki leading the pack with 45 percent, followed by Raila Odinga with 25 percent, while Kalonzo Musyoka is at a distant third.