Editing Mwai Kibaki (section)

===2002 elections===
In preparation for the 2002 elections, Kibaki's Democratic Party affiliated with several other opposition parties to form the National Alliance of Kenya (NAK). A group of disappointed KANU presidential aspirants then quit KANU in protest after being overlooked by outgoing President Moi when Moi had [[Uhuru Kenyatta]] (founding Father [[Jomo Kenyatta]]'s son and Kibaki's successor as Kenya's 4th President after the 2013 General Election) nominated to be the KANU presidential candidate, and hurriedly formed the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Kenya)|Liberal Democratic Party]] (LDP). NAK later combined with the LDP to form the [[National Rainbow Coalition]] (NARC). On 14 October 2002, at a large opposition rally in [[Uhuru Park]], [[Nairobi]], Kibaki was nominated the NARC opposition alliance presidential candidate after [[Raila Odinga]] made the famous declaration; "''Kibaki Tosha!''" ([[Swahili language|Swahili]] for "Kibaki [is] enough")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/465904/-/tkag72/-/index.html|title=The deal and deal makers in Kibaki's 2002 victory|publisher=Nation.co.ke|access-date=1 June 2010}}</ref>

On 3 December 2002, Kibaki was injured in a road accident while on his way back to Nairobi from a campaign meeting at Machakos junction {{convert|40|km|0|abbr=off}} from Nairobi. He was subsequently hospitalized in [[Nairobi]], then London, after sustaining fracture injuries in the accident.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2540671.stm|title=Kenyan candidate treated in London|publisher=BBC News|date=5 December 2002|access-date=1 June 2010}}</ref> After the accident, he had to move using a wheel chair up to months later after his presidency. For the remainder of his life, he walked rather awkwardly as a result of those injuries.

The rest of his presidential campaign was thus conducted by his NARC colleagues in his absence, led by Raila Odinga and [[Kijana Wamalwa]] (who went on to become the Vice President) who campaigned tirelessly for Kibaki after stating, "The captain has been injured in the field... but the rest of the team shall continue."<ref name="bbc"/>
On 27 December 2002, Kibaki and NARC won a landslide victory over KANU, with Kibaki getting 62% of the votes in the presidential elections, against only 31% for the KANU candidate [[Uhuru Kenyatta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/k/kenya/|title=Ref Elections in Kenya|publisher=Psephos.adam-carr.net|access-date=1 June 2010}}</ref>