Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has said the One Kenya Alliance is stronger than ever following the exit of Amani National Congress (ANC) Musalia Mudavadi.
This was the message of OKA leaders during yesterday’s rally in Kitui the first of a series of rallies in the region.
Speaking during a rally in Kitui, Musyoka stated that the move had given the remaining OKA leaders more motivation in their campaigns ahead of the August elections.
“I have more strength than ever before. I need your support. I can’t go alone, I need you people. Am ready. I am the Buffalo soldier. The issue of two horse race is a lie,” he affirmed.
Kanu chairman Gideon Moi, United Democratic Party leader Cyrus Jirongo and businessman Jimmy Wanjigi echoed Kalonzo’s words saying enemies of the alliance are the ones peddling falsehoods.
“The plan we have is for round one victory. We are planning our own thing, let others plan theirs too and the voters will decide,” Moi said.
UDP leader Jirongo urged the crowd at Kitui Stadium to take goodies from other politicians but to vote for their candidate.
“If they come with money eat it but do not vote for them,” he said.
“Wakika hapa na pesa kula, la kini kura wasipate,”
He blamed the country’s economic collapse in the early 1990s on Mudavadi and claimed the leader is not honest in his campaigns.
“I have endured the pain of Kenyans looking at me as the person responsible for the collapse of the economy in 1992/1993. I have endured that shame to cover up for my brother (Mudavadi) who was deep in the Goldenberg scandal,” Jirongo said.
It remains unclear if Wanjigi intends to join OKA or drop his ambitions to support Kalonzo.
Wanjigi said that Kenyans were tired of being led by the same leader over and over again pointing out that every individual has a right to be given a chance in the country’s top seat.
“Since the independence of this country there has been only two families in the presidential contest. 1963; Jomo Kenyatta, 1992; Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, 1997; Raila Odinga, 2002 Uhuru Kenyatta when he battled it out with Kibaki; 2007, Raila Amolo Odinga, 2013 Uhuru Kenyatta, Raila Amolo Odinga; 2017 Uhuru Kenyatta, Raila Amolo Odinga again. 60 years? Are you not tired? Does this country belong to two families?” Wanjigi posed.
