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Kalonzo rejects job
as G7 strikes
power deal:
Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka
on Thursday missed a meeting
where presidential aspirants
allied to the G7 shared key posts
in a pre-election pact led by Mr
Uhuru Kenyatta and Mr William
Ruto.
MPs from Mr Musyokas Wiper
party said he had refused a
position thought to be majority
leader in Parliament he had
been offered in the alliance.
The meeting was held at Mr
Kenyattas (TNA) State House Road
residence and was attended by Mr
Ruto (URP), Mr Eugene Wamalwa
(New Ford Kenya) and Mrs
Charity Ngilu (Narc).
Mvita MP Najib Balala of the
Republican Congress Party,
Environment minister Chirau
Mwakwere, and MPs Aden Duale
(URP), Kiema Kilonzo (Narc),
Charles Keter (URP) and Musikari
Kombo (New Ford-K) also
attended.
In the coming days, the issues
that were discussed this morning
will start to crystalise and the
solutions by the like-minded
leaders will be presented across
all the 47 counties of our beloved
republic, Mr Kombo said on
behalf of the team.
They also agreed to drum up
support for the coalition in their
strongholds before embarking on
joint rallies from November 21.
Mr Wamalwa and Mr Kombo will
cover Western, Mr Kenyatta Mt
Kenya region, Ms Ngilu and Mr
Kilonzo Ukambani, Mr Balala
Coast and Mr Ruto Rift Valley and
Northern Kenya.
Sources said the coalition
agreement will be signed a day
before the joint rallies start, with
Mr Kenyatta as the presidential
candidate and Mr Ruto as running-
mate.
Mr Wamalwa will go for majority
leader while Ms Ngilu and Mr
Mwakwere will share the two
slots for Speaker of Parliament
and Senate.
MPs allied to Mr Musyoka said the
G7 alliance leaders had given him
a raw deal.
There is no way we would be
able to sell it (he declined to
name the position) to our people.
The VP told us he rejected what he
was offered and we are in
agreement that it is rejectable
with no redeeming
consequences, said Education
Minister Mutula Kilonzo.
Donate it to others
Mr David Musila, the Wiper party
chairman, said: It cannot work
and it is not acceptable. If
anything, they can donate it to
other leaders and go ahead with
their coalition, he said.
Machakos Town MP Victor
Munyaka warned that the G7 will
regret embarrassing the VP.
However, Mr Duale said URP was
still holding talks with Mr
Musyoka and Mr Mudavadi in a
bid to create a broader alliance
that will win the next elections.
We in URP are talking to him (Mr
Musyoka) and Mr Mudavadi. We
believe in the unity of the country
and we want to create an agenda
for Kenyans, he said.
Mr Musyoka has started meeting
other presidential aspirants in a
bid to craft a coalition with them.
Three days ago, he met Mr
Mudavadi on a possible coalition
between Wiper and UDF.
A six-member team formed to
work out the modalities of the
negotiations met on Thursday. Mr
Musila, who chairs the team, said:
We are talking and if anything
concrete comes up, we will let you
know.
www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kalonzo+rejects+job+as+G7+strikes+power+deal+/-/1064/1615584/-/daox1/-/index.html
My take: the forthcoming election will be a tough one. Democracy will triumph and candidate's eligibility will be scrutinized via integrity bill and not false promises if High court Judge Mutunga begins his constitutional duties.
as G7 strikes
power deal:
Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka
on Thursday missed a meeting
where presidential aspirants
allied to the G7 shared key posts
in a pre-election pact led by Mr
Uhuru Kenyatta and Mr William
Ruto.
MPs from Mr Musyokas Wiper
party said he had refused a
position thought to be majority
leader in Parliament he had
been offered in the alliance.
The meeting was held at Mr
Kenyattas (TNA) State House Road
residence and was attended by Mr
Ruto (URP), Mr Eugene Wamalwa
(New Ford Kenya) and Mrs
Charity Ngilu (Narc).
Mvita MP Najib Balala of the
Republican Congress Party,
Environment minister Chirau
Mwakwere, and MPs Aden Duale
(URP), Kiema Kilonzo (Narc),
Charles Keter (URP) and Musikari
Kombo (New Ford-K) also
attended.
In the coming days, the issues
that were discussed this morning
will start to crystalise and the
solutions by the like-minded
leaders will be presented across
all the 47 counties of our beloved
republic, Mr Kombo said on
behalf of the team.
They also agreed to drum up
support for the coalition in their
strongholds before embarking on
joint rallies from November 21.
Mr Wamalwa and Mr Kombo will
cover Western, Mr Kenyatta Mt
Kenya region, Ms Ngilu and Mr
Kilonzo Ukambani, Mr Balala
Coast and Mr Ruto Rift Valley and
Northern Kenya.
Sources said the coalition
agreement will be signed a day
before the joint rallies start, with
Mr Kenyatta as the presidential
candidate and Mr Ruto as running-
mate.
Mr Wamalwa will go for majority
leader while Ms Ngilu and Mr
Mwakwere will share the two
slots for Speaker of Parliament
and Senate.
MPs allied to Mr Musyoka said the
G7 alliance leaders had given him
a raw deal.
There is no way we would be
able to sell it (he declined to
name the position) to our people.
The VP told us he rejected what he
was offered and we are in
agreement that it is rejectable
with no redeeming
consequences, said Education
Minister Mutula Kilonzo.
Donate it to others
Mr David Musila, the Wiper party
chairman, said: It cannot work
and it is not acceptable. If
anything, they can donate it to
other leaders and go ahead with
their coalition, he said.
Machakos Town MP Victor
Munyaka warned that the G7 will
regret embarrassing the VP.
However, Mr Duale said URP was
still holding talks with Mr
Musyoka and Mr Mudavadi in a
bid to create a broader alliance
that will win the next elections.
We in URP are talking to him (Mr
Musyoka) and Mr Mudavadi. We
believe in the unity of the country
and we want to create an agenda
for Kenyans, he said.
Mr Musyoka has started meeting
other presidential aspirants in a
bid to craft a coalition with them.
Three days ago, he met Mr
Mudavadi on a possible coalition
between Wiper and UDF.
A six-member team formed to
work out the modalities of the
negotiations met on Thursday. Mr
Musila, who chairs the team, said:
We are talking and if anything
concrete comes up, we will let you
know.
www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kalonzo+rejects+job+as+G7+strikes+power+deal+/-/1064/1615584/-/daox1/-/index.html
My take: the forthcoming election will be a tough one. Democracy will triumph and candidate's eligibility will be scrutinized via integrity bill and not false promises if High court Judge Mutunga begins his constitutional duties.