Editing Kenya African National Union (section)

===Uhuru Kenyatta and Moi in 2007===
In September 2007, Kenyatta announced that he would not run for the presidency and would support Kibaki's re-election,<ref>Carol Gakii, [http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=44962 "Uhuru pulls out of the presidential race"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328193305/http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=44962 |date=2008-03-28 }}, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, September 13, 2007.</ref> sinking any hopes that KANU would back the [[Orange Democratic Movement]]. [[William Ruto]] however remained in ODM applying for the presidential candidacy. Of particular interest is that Uhuru's statement came soon after Moi's declaration that he would back current president Kibaki's re-election bid.
KANU is part of the [[Party of National Unity (Kenya)|Party of National Unity]] (PNU), a coalition party behind Kibaki. However, unlike other PNU member parties, only KANU had clearance to field its own parliamentary and civic candidates.<ref>The Standard, October 11, 2007: {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071012231024/http://www.eastandard.net/news/?id=1143975837 PNU agrees on joint nominations]}}</ref> Since the coming into force of the Political Parties act of 2011, differences have once again emerged over the future of the party with a faction led by Gideon Moi accusing Uhuru Kenyatta of neglecting the party.<ref>Gideon Moi Takes Over As Kanu Ejects Uhuruhttp://allafrica.com/stories/201204160108.html</ref><ref>Kenya:GideonPlans to Kick Uhuru Out of Kanu On April 14 http://allafrica.com/stories/201203310413.html</ref> Kenyatta, and his supporters, eventually quit the party altogether and in December 2012, KANU entered a four party coalition, including the [[National Vision Party]], [[United Democratic Movement (Kenya)|United Democratic Movement]] and [[New Ford Kenya]], to field a single presidential candidate at the [[2013 Kenyan general election|2013 general elections]].<ref>Four political parties announce coalition pact http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2012/11/four-political-parties-announce-coalition-pact/</ref>