Opposition favoured as Kenyans vote to replace arap Moi
On a day many thought they would never see, Kenyans headed to the polls today to determine who will succeed President Daniel arap Moi – the leader of the East African nation for the past 24 years and one of Africa’s few remaining “big men”.
With Moi, 78, constitutionally obliged to step down – Kenya’s first president to do so – the contest pits the ruling party’s Uhuru Kenyatta against Mwai Kibaki, leader of an alliance of opposition parties and the front-runner throughout the campaign.
