MK254 lakini this round opposition waki unite you'll have to pull a very obvious one at rigging to retain the presidency. Lucky for you the probability of a fully united opposition is very slim.
NairobiWalker Sammuel999
Opposition waki unite will be our death-knell, yaani we will be done, out and down. Especially if they unite behind Mudavadi, because votes from Western all in one basket we are done..... Even rigging won't help....
But again, the way they are pulling at each other, sijui vile wataungana. Kalonzo fired his salvo yesterday and said he won't play soft ball or diplomacy, itakua mundu-khu-mundu, it's either him or him.
Kalonzo addresses supporters in Machakos town yesterday/ DENNIS KAVISU
A vicious fight for the presidential ticket is unfolding within Cord, despite outward but fraying claims of opposition unity and consensus- seeking.
Cord co-principals Raila Odinga,‘Mr Diplomacy’ Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetang’ula are all elbowing each other to bear the coalition’s presidential standard.
Implications for the yet-to-be-launched National Super Alliance, NASA, are worrying.
Raila and team believe this is their last chance. Wetang’ula believes both Raila and Kalonzo have had their turn and should support him. Kalonzo says others must sacrifice for him.In public, Kalonzo’s elbows seem the sharpest. Wiper and ODM are feuding in battle zones where neither enjoys majority support. Neither wants to yield.
Both want to field candidates.
“For Trump to win in America, he did not play politics of diplomacy,” Kalonzo said yesterday in Machakos town, signalling that he was going to play hardball politics.
Kalonzo is frequently called gentlemanly and the diplomat.
The former Vice President ( 2008-2013 ) made clear that others must sacrifice for him, as he sacrificed in the past.
“This is the message from the people themselves and I want Senator [Johnson] Muthama to get it very clearly because he chairs the Cord coalition together with Senator [James] Orengo,” Kalonzo said.
He made the comments during a stopover on his voter mobilisation tour in Machakos and Kitui counties. Kalonzo said it is time Raila and Wetang’ula gave way for him to send President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Jubilee government home in the August election.
He said he is very ready and determined to take on Jubilee and pleaded with residents to register.
“I am urging you to register in larger numbers because there is no retreating. For a long time people have said Kalonzo is a diplomat but I want to tell them that this time round we are going to play it the hard way,” he said.
Kalonzo also urged voters to punish all mutinous leaders who abandoned the Wiper party for the new Jubilee Party, which now is beset by problems.
“It is unimaginable for somebody to be elected a governor, MP or MCA under Wiper and later turn against the party and start fighting it. I ask you to teach these traitors a lesson come August.”
Although the Cord co-principals call the nationwide flurry of meetings voter registration inspection tours meant to inspire momentum — both Raila and Kalonzo are locking horns over how to field candidates.
The fierce scramble between ODM and Wiper is taking place in regions where neither has overwhelming popular support.
“Each party wants to be assured of substantial numbers in the National Assembly, the Senate and county assemblies.
This competition is a delicate scenario that must be explored cautiously so it doesn’t turn counter-productive,”political analyst Dismas Mokua told the Star.
A vicious fight for the presidential ticket is unfolding within Cord, despite outward but fraying claims of opposition unity and consensus- seeking.
Cord co-principals Raila Odinga,‘Mr Diplomacy’ Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetang’ula are all elbowing each other to bear the coalition’s presidential standard.
Implications for the yet-to-be-launched National Super Alliance, NASA, are worrying.
Raila and team believe this is their last chance. Wetang’ula believes both Raila and Kalonzo have had their turn and should support him. Kalonzo says others must sacrifice for him.In public, Kalonzo’s elbows seem the sharpest. Wiper and ODM are feuding in battle zones where neither enjoys majority support. Neither wants to yield.
Both want to field candidates.
“For Trump to win in America, he did not play politics of diplomacy,” Kalonzo said yesterday in Machakos town, signalling that he was going to play hardball politics.
Kalonzo is frequently called gentlemanly and the diplomat.
The former Vice President ( 2008-2013 ) made clear that others must sacrifice for him, as he sacrificed in the past.
“This is the message from the people themselves and I want Senator [Johnson] Muthama to get it very clearly because he chairs the Cord coalition together with Senator [James] Orengo,” Kalonzo said.
He made the comments during a stopover on his voter mobilisation tour in Machakos and Kitui counties. Kalonzo said it is time Raila and Wetang’ula gave way for him to send President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Jubilee government home in the August election.
He said he is very ready and determined to take on Jubilee and pleaded with residents to register.
“I am urging you to register in larger numbers because there is no retreating. For a long time people have said Kalonzo is a diplomat but I want to tell them that this time round we are going to play it the hard way,” he said.
Kalonzo also urged voters to punish all mutinous leaders who abandoned the Wiper party for the new Jubilee Party, which now is beset by problems.
“It is unimaginable for somebody to be elected a governor, MP or MCA under Wiper and later turn against the party and start fighting it. I ask you to teach these traitors a lesson come August.”
Although the Cord co-principals call the nationwide flurry of meetings voter registration inspection tours meant to inspire momentum — both Raila and Kalonzo are locking horns over how to field candidates.
The fierce scramble between ODM and Wiper is taking place in regions where neither has overwhelming popular support.
“Each party wants to be assured of substantial numbers in the National Assembly, the Senate and county assemblies.
This competition is a delicate scenario that must be explored cautiously so it doesn’t turn counter-productive,”political analyst Dismas Mokua told the Star.
I will play hardball for Cord ticket - Kalonzo