{"id":918874,"date":"2022-01-23T13:43:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T13:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/23\/musalia-mudavadi-on-what-drew-him-to-wife-tessie-and-on-their-children\/"},"modified":"2022-01-23T13:43:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T13:43:28","slug":"musalia-mudavadi-on-what-drew-him-to-wife-tessie-and-on-their-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/23\/musalia-mudavadi-on-what-drew-him-to-wife-tessie-and-on-their-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Musalia Mudavadi on what drew him to wife Tessie and on their children"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mudavadi and his wife Tessie have three children together <\/strong>[Courtesy]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Together with his wife Tessie, Amani National Congress (ANC) leader and just crowned presidential candidate, Musalia Mudavadi, has three children. <\/p>\n

He is a calm man who hardly shows his emotions unless necessary. <\/p>\n

During a previous up-close-and-candid interview with this writer, the seasoned politician, a one-time Minister for Finance and Vice President spoke fondly about his family as he opened up about what drew him to Tessie, the love of his life. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat drew you to her?\u201d I asked then. <\/p>\n

\u201cOh my!\u201d he responded, chuckling, a little flustered. \u201cGood values, by the way. You meet people, you start talking\u2026\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cYou mean her?\u201d I prodded. <\/p>\n

\u201cYeah!\u201d he said, smiling. <\/p>\n

  \u201cAnd then you find that as you converse, you observe how you are connecting in terms of the thought process. Do they have the humour, do they have the sense of purpose, the focus – you know, all these things help in shaping the kind of relationship you are looking for? So I would say that as I looked at her and we talked, with time, the values that I saw in her are the ones that attracted me to her. And frankly speaking, I have no regrets.\u201d <\/p>\n

They have been married for a little over 31 years, having marked their Pearl Anniversary on November 17, 2020. People tend to tiptoe around those in positions of power, but his wife keeps him grounded. He said during the interview that she ss the one who tells him what everyone is afraid of telling him. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe has been a good mother to my children and where I have been absent because of my political career, she has filled the gap,\u201d he said. They have three children \u2013 Moses, Michael and Maryanne. <\/p>\n

Other than moments with his family, which he said were his ultimate happy times, he gave an off-the-wall description of one of his happiest memories –  hilarious because it seemed unlike him, yet relatable. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou know when you are in school and you are writing your last paper in an exam? It\u2019s like you have been liberated!\u201d he said as we broke into laughter. \u201cYou know what I mean? When you are at the university level and you\u2019ve done your final exam? By the time you are putting that final full stop to say that you are done, it is very exciting. It is such a relief!\u201d <\/p>\n

In his autobiography, Soaring Above the Storms of Passion, Mudavadi gives an account of his high school days in Nairobi School, describing how, for instance, they preferred Limuru Girls and Kenya High School over Alliance Girls, because \u201cthey were too academic and book focused while we wanted fun. Instead of talking to you about social issues, they would give you a lecture in chemistry and biology and go on and on with that kind of stuff.\u201d Quite the typical high school student. <\/p>\n

Whenever there was a meeting with a girls\u2019 school, they would all flock around Ben Wakhungu to borrow his exclusive Brut Cologne. \u201cThe can in our hands, we would generously spray ourselves and step out smelling like perfume factories, ready to meet the girls\u2026. I still hope to buy him some cologne someday, in belated appreciation,\u201d he writes. <\/p>\n

In that interview, Mudavadi revealed that he had been celebrated as the long awaited son on his mother\u2019s side, back when not having a son was considered disastrous in their culture. <\/p>\n

Today, he looks forward to one day leading the country. \u201cThe truth is I have declared my interest in the presidency of this country and that is something that I say that God-willing, hopefully will be achieved,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mudavadi and his wife Tessie have three children together [Courtesy] Together with his wife Tessie, Amani National Congress (ANC) leader and just crowned presidential candidate, Musalia Mudavadi, has three children. He is a calm man who hardly shows his emotions unless necessary. During a previous up-close-and-candid interview with this writer, the seasoned politician, a one-time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-918874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}