‘Kenya Kwanza Alliance is not about sharing positions’ says Wetang’ula

Ford-Kenya leader Moses Wetang’ula has told off Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua over his remarks that the Kenya Kwanza coalition had agreed on its flag bearer and running mate.

In a tweet Tuesday, the Bungoma senator said the alliance is not about sharing positions but a service to Kenyans to create an equitable society and other programs for the benefit of the common Kenyan.

” Kenya Kwanza Alliance is not about sharing positions but service to Kenyans inter alia, revival and growth of the economy, reduction of the debt nightmare, restoration of dignity to our farmers, creation of an equitable society and other pro-people programs,” he said.

Rigathi in an interview with a local TV station had said the alliance had settled on Deputy President William Ruto as the preferred presidential candidate and a running mate from the Mount Kenya region.

Adding that when Amani National Congress (ANC) party Musalia Mudavadi and and Wetang’ula joined the alliance, they were aware of the said plans.

But on Monday, ANC Secretary-General Simon Gikuru said Gachagua who is DP William Ruto’s right-hand man in United Democratic Alliance (UDA) did not have any authority whatsoever to speak on behalf of the coalition whose principals are; Ruto, Mudavadi and Ford Kenya leader Moses Wetang’ula.

In a rejoinder, Gikuru dismissed the MPs remarks as premature, untimely and unwarranted saying the Principals had not made any decision were focused on unveiling the coalition’s structure soon.

“Our primary objective as Kenya Kwanza Coalition is bringing together UDA, ANC and FORD- Kenya is to put our country together and erase ethnic animosity through mature politics devoid of toxic divisive narratives. It is therefore our considered opinion that Hon. Rigathi Gachagua should transition from regional UDA mindset to embrace the broader picture of Kenya Kwanza philosophy”  said Gikuru.

He said the coalition was primarily mooted on the strength of shared ideologies pegged on economic revival, social justice, political tranquillity and entrenched nationalism.

Mudavadi’s right-hand man and Kakamega senator Cleophas Malala also noted that the alliance was about liberating Kenyans not dividing them along ethnic lines.

“We strongly believe that Kenya Kwanza is an idea that Kenyans want. We are forgoing a coalition that will liberate Kenyans from the hands of a few leaders who don’t care about the well being of the ordinary Kenyans,” he said.

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