Is he in or out? Wiper Party leaders want him back in Azimio, after all they changed the to Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya to accommodate him. Will he play the role of spoiler?
The Wiper Party leader and his surrogates have acted in bad faith. But Musyoka still has a valuable role to play in Azimio. It's time to work things out with him, grant him tenure of office as chief minister, with caveats to prevent him from going rogue.
Raila Odinga names Narc-Kenya leader Martha Karua as his running mate, ushering a historic moment in Kenya and empowering women, who are 51 percent of Kenya's population. The nomination, however, sent Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka packing, protesting and launching his own presidential bid. In his shadow cabinet line-up, Odinga offered Musyoka a chief minister position, similar to the position Deputy President William Ruto offered ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi.
Presidential candidates are expected to name their running mates at any moment. Some have speculated that the two major candidates, Deputy President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga have an opportunity of making history by naming a woman to be their deputy. In multiple opinion polls, NARC-Kenya leader Martha Karua and ANC Leader Musalia Mudavadi, have emerged as most preferred for their respective coalitions..
Former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka attempts to strong-arm his way into being named as former PM Raila Odinga's running mate without appearing for vetting process interview came to a screeching halt when he was forced to show up of risked automatic disqualification from the position. His appearance is a little too late as he has shown traits of becoming a rogue deputy, just like Deputy President William Ruto has been toward President Uhuru Kenyatta.
It's time for a woman to hold the number two position in Kenya. Karua has the academic background and government experience to help lead the nation and she is not corrupt. Karua has also shown she is willing to campaign fearlessly for Odinga in the Mt. Kenya region. Wiper's Kalonzo Musyoka appears not to fully vested in Azimio and naming him running mate could lead to another disastrous rogue Deputy Presidency scenario as Uhu-Ruto.
The new deadline for Presidential and Gubernatorial running mates is May 16. Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has however maintained the April 28, 2022 as deadline for all other elective positions, Senator, Member of Parliament, Woman Rep and MCA.
Despite a great leadership record, free primary school, building the Thika Superhighway, some blame him for the eruption of the 2007 Post-Election violence.
The Azimio la Umoja Leader Raila Odinga is expected to hold several town hall meeting with Kenyans living in the US and meet with US government officials.