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Enoch Wambua: I’ll not vote for Raila if he does not pick Kalonzo

by Enock Ndayala

Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua has vowed not to vote for Azimio la Umoja –One Kenya Alliance party flag bearer Raila Odinga, if he does not, picks Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka as his running mate.

While expressing optimism that Kalonzo will clinch the running mate position, Wambua warned of consequences at the ballot should the Wiper leader not deputize Odinga in the August 9 General Election.

“Personally, if he does not pick Kalonzo (as his running mate), probably I will not vote for him. We must begin to be honest with each other,” Wambua told KTN News on Monday, April 25.

Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua has vowed not to vote for Azimio la Umoja –One Kenya Alliance party flag bearer Raila Odinga, if he does not, picks Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka as his running mate.
Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua has vowed not to vote for Azimio la Umoja –One Kenya Alliance party flag bearer Raila Odinga, if he does not, picks Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka as his running mate. Photo: Standard

In what appeared to be ceding ground, Wambua further said the Wiper party will no longer make demands to Azimio to name Kalonzo as Raila’s running mate in the August 9, presidential duel with Deputy President William Ruto.

The senator added that Wiper has opted not to pressure Odinga to choose Kalonzo as his running mate and would, instead, wait for the Azimio presidential flag bearer to pick the most suitable candidate.

“For us where we have come as Wiper, a firm decision has been taken. Going forward you will not hear us pushing anyone to give us any position,

“We shall let the presidential candidate choose the person he believes will help him win the presidency because the burden is with him,” he said.

Kalonzo who is among the four candidates being considered to be Raila’s number two shelved his presidential ambitions in 2013, 2017, and 2022.

Kalonzo is expected to battle it out with Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua, Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya, and Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho.

In a move that is expected to retain those who will not be picked as Raila’s number two, a meeting of the outfit’s top organ resolved to the use of an opinion poll to land the best candidate.

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