Raila s New Strategy to Ascend to Power
ODM leader Raila Odinga addresses the media in Kisumu County on Friday, August 14, 2020
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ODM leader Raila Odinga has crafted a new strategy that would reportedly offer stiff competition to other presidential aspirants in the upcoming 2022 general elections.
His allies said that he had resorted to forming a new coalition that would enable him to ascend to Presidency, pitting himself against Deputy President William Ruto and an expected coalition between party leaders Musalia Mudavadi (ANC), Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper), Gideon Moi (KANU) and Moses Wetangula (Ford- Kenya).
Raila s new team comprises party leaders, Alfred Mutua (Maendeleo Chap Chap), Charity Ngilu (NARC), Kivutha Kibwana (Muungano Party), Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and Mombasa Governor and ODM Deputy Party Leader Hassan Joho - who has also declared his interest in running for the top seat.
THE STANDARD
Deputy president William Ruto with Kwale County governor Salim Mvurya during the official opening of the Arid and Semi arid Lands conference in Malindi, Kilifi County on Wednesday. [Mkamburi Mwawasi, Standard]
Deputy President William Ruto has entered into a pact with 14 second-term governors and a number of first-term county bosses as part of enhancing his political power base in his presidential bid.
Ruto, apparently having relinquished a possible endorsement by President Uhuru Kenyatta and the ruling Jubilee Party, has laid down an elaborate plan of having control of most of the regions through the county bosses.
After the fallout between President Kenyatta and Ruto, the Deputy President has trained his guns on next year’s General Election.