Kenya Kwanza parties sign coalition agreement, settles for Ruto as its presidential candidate
The Kenya Kwanza Alliance parties have today signed their coalition agreement prior to depositing the document with the Registrar of Political Parties.
Deputy President William Ruto, Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader Musalia Mudavadi and his Ford Kenya counterpart Moses Wentangula witnessed the occasion where secretaries-general of constituent parties of the coalition signed the coalition at the Ngong Racecourse, Nairobi.
The coalition has settled on Ruto as its presidential candidate in the August polls.
The outfit will woo voters on the strength of the Bottom-up economic model, pesa mfukoni and kazi na pesa agendas that seek to uplift the ordinary Kenyan.
Twelve political parties have come under the fold of Kenya Kwanza, including the coalition’s founding parties, the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), Ford Kenya and Amani National Congress, ANC.
This comes after Mudavadi said that political parties willing to join the formation have until May 9, 2022, to do so.
Prior to the signing of the agreement, Chama Cha Kazi party leader Moses Kuria said the deal marks the day Kenya Kwanza train leaves the station.
“Make no mistake. William Samoei Ruto will be the 5th President of Kenya in 119 days,” Kuria said in a Facebook post.
“Our gallant struggle to entrench multi-party democracy within the Kenya Kwanza Alliance has borne fruit and we look forward to playing our vanguard role in the William Ruto-led Kenya Kwanza government for National reconstruction,” he added.
