Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi (born 21 September 1960,Sabatia, Vihiga District) is a Kenyan politician, formerly serving as Deputy Prime Minister and was an unsuccessful presidential hopeful under the United Democratic Forum Party (UDF) after decamping from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) led by the prime minister Raila Odinga where before his resignation he served as the Deputy party leader.He was third placed in the Kenyan general election 2013.