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He was educated at Kisumu Union Primary School and  Maranda Primary and High School. He later went to Herder Institute University of Leipzig, Technical University, Magdeburg.
His early political career was marked by imprisonment and exile and he fell only just short of election to Kenya’s supreme office in the 2007 election. The result of the election was widely contested and resulted in several months of ethnic violence.

At the start of 2008, he was appointed prime minister at the head of a coalition government. He found a partythe Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) in 2005, but in today’s election he is running on the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) with Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka of Wiper and current vice president as his running mate.

Raila is a self-made man where business is concerned. He has set up a number of companies: East African Spectre operates a factory producing gas canisters; Spectre International, which took over a decrepit state-controlled company, runs an ethanol-producing plant and Pan African Petroleum imports oil. With such prosperous companies under their control, Odinga and his wife figure among Kenya’s wealthiest citizens. Today, these businesses have become a family affair, with several members of the Odinga clan involved in running them.

Uhuru Kenyatta
Born in 1961, Mr Kenyatta is the Deputy Prime Minister since 2008. His political party is the National Alliance Party (TNA) but is running on the ticket of Jubilee Coalition with William Samoei Ruto as the running mate.

As the son of Jomo Kenyatta, father of the Kenyan nation and founder of a veritable dynasty, Uhuru Kenyatta has, theoretically, the resources to match his ambitions, thanks to the vast family fortune amassed by his father and managed by his younger brother Muhoho. He was educated at the St Mary’s School in Nairobi. From there he went on to study political science at Amherst College, USA.

Despite having suffered setbacks in the parliamentary and presidential elections of 1997 and 2002, he has little by little established himself as one of the central figures in Kenyan political life. He has been a deputy since 2001, deputy prime minister since 2008 and was minister of finance from 2008 to 2012. And he still hopes to follow in his father’s footsteps. He has been is charged, however, at the International Criminal Court (ICC) together with his running mate, William Ruto for their involvement in the post-electoral violence which broke out in Kenya in late 2007 and early 2008. The charge forced Mr Kenyatta to resign as minister of Finance in January 2012. The trial, which is expected to take place in April 2013, between the two rounds of voting in the presidential elections, could compromise the two’s political ambitions.

Mohamed Abduba Dida
Mohamed Abduba Dida, born in 1974, says he is a candidate for the poor and an agent of human morality and change, having struggled through life from his Wajir home to Mukuru Kwa Njenga slum where his father, a retired junior policeman, lived.

He is running on the Alliance for Real Change (ARK) party with Joshua Odongo Onono as running mate.
He is currently pursuing a masters degree in religious studies at University of Nairobi and is a teacher by profession. He taught English Literature and Religion at Daadab Secondary School at the refugee camp and at Lenana School.

Martha Wangari Karua
Karua is the leading female candidate eyeing the Presidency in this election. Her candidature follows a fallout with President Kibaki that saw her resign as Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs. She is running on National Rainbow Coalition - Kenya (NARC - K) with Augustine Loile Chemonges Lotodo as her running mate.

Karua was born in Kirinyaga District, Central Province of Kenya on September 22, 1957; She studied law at the University of Nairobi from 1977 to 1980. She is a Member of Parliament for Gichugu Constituency and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She was Minister of Justice until resigning from that position in April 2009. She is a founding member Narc Kenya

Peter Kenneth
Peter Kenneth is Making his maiden attempt at the presidency. At 47 years old, Mr Kenneth will be the youngest presidential candidate. He has formed a working coalition with Raphael Tuju of Party of Action. This coalition is expected to be the third force in today elections and provide an alternative for the electorate. He eventually settled on Ronald Osumba as His running mate. He has a Masters in Law degree from the University of Nairobi and he is a banker and entrepreneur. He was elected Gitanga MP on a National Rainbow Coalition (Narc) ticket in the 2002 general election. He was rre-elected MP in the 2007 general election. He is currently the assistant minister Planning and Development, MP Gatanga.

Prof James ole Kiyiapi
Prof James ole Kiyiapi is making his maiden attempt at the presidency. He is a former academic and government bureaucrat. His campaign strategy is selling himself as an unblemished candidate. He is running on the Restore and Build Kenya party with Winnie Kaburu Kinyua as his running mate. He was born May 17, 1961. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Forestry at Moi University and a Phd in Forestry at University of Toronto. He is a lecturer and Associate Professor by profession. He has been Permanent Secretary Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Medical Services and Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education.

Paul Muite
Paul Muite, a pro-democracy advocate in the 1990’s is making his first attempt at the presidency on a Safina ticket. He running mate is Dr Shem Ochuodho. He was born on April 18, 1945. He holds  a Bachelor of Law University of Nairobi and is a lawyer by profession. He was elected Kabete MP in the 1992 general election.  Re-elected MP in 1997 and 2002 general elections. He is a prominent figure in Kenya’s struggle to remove the Single party dictatorship, established by the Kenya African National Union in 1982, during the 1990s. He is one of the founders of the Original FORD, before its breakup and became the first Vice-Chairman of FORD-K under the late Jaramogi Oginga Odinga.

Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi
Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi is making his first attempt at the Presidency. In 2002, he was Uhuru Kenyatta’s running mate in presidential election. His presidential bid follows acrimonious fallout with the Jubilee Alliance. He was born on September 21, 1960, at Sabatia, Vihiga District. He is currently serving as Deputy Prime Minister and is running under the United Democratic Forum Party (UDF) after decamping from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). He first became an MP in 1989, when he was elected unopposed to take the Sabatia Constituency seat vacated by his deceased father Moses Mudavadi. In late 2002, Mudavadi was the last and shortest serving Vice-President of Kenya under President Daniel arap Moi. Mudavadi was appointed in an unsuccessful attempt to bring the Luhya tribe into the camp of KANU, which had been the party of government since independence.