The Kibaki Succession: George Saitoti

Prof George Saitoti has joined the growing list of politicians and technocrats eying the presidency, when President Kibaki retires next year. The Professor of mathematics has been doing his calculations, and believes that his vast experience in the workings of the government gives him a head start in the race to State House. But it has been a case of so near, yet so far for a man who in 2002 was a heartbeat away from the country's top job. So what are his outright advantages? And what could be his a chills heel as he rolls up his sleeves for the bruising battle? Francis Gachuri examines Prof. Saitoti's prospects.