Kalonzo’s Allies Now Want Him to Snub the Running Mate vetting Process
Kalonzo’s Allies Now Want the Wiper Party Leader to Snub the Raila’s Running Mate vetting Process.
The Wiper leader Kalonzo’s allies have now asked him to snub the running mate vetting panel.
Speaking to a local daily newspaper yesterday, Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua and MPs Makali Mulu(Kitui Central), Dan Maanzo (Makueni) said the exercise is demeaning and belittling their boss.
Kalonzo Musyoka has also expressed displeasure at the decision to subject him to an ‘exam’ for the running mate position.
“It is the kind of thing [the push and pull over a deputy] that makes me want to go home, to be honest. You all know my history. Should I really be struggling about this?” Kalonzo asked during an interview.
The three leaders have now advised their boss not to attend the interview process.
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“We have encouraged him not to go for any interviews. Why should he go for any interviews? It is either they need our votes or not,” Maanzo said.
“Who does not know Kalonzo Musyoka? We know the role he played in 2013 and 2017. Why interview him now. It is very simple. No Kalonzo no Raila,” he said.
“It would be demeaning, not just to my party leader but to any candidate who aspires to be a deputy president to be subjected to those kinds of interviews by people who in terms of political qualification are very junior to them,” Wambua said.
Makali Mulu held that Kalonzo supporters will vote for Deputy President William Ruto if Kalonzo loses out in the running mate position.
“Raila has already been deputized by Kalonzo twice. At that time, there were no interviews conducted. I don’t know why it is now necessary that he has got through an interview,” he said.
“When you look at Kalonzo, he has all things which matter for one to be a deputy. None of those people has a huge following like Kalonzo in terms of numbers
“None of them can match Kalonzo on experience. No can match him on international connection.”
The development comes after Azimio appointed a seven-member selection panel to conduct the interviews on the best choice for Raila’s running mate position.
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