Raila: Azimio team is now complete
By evans.maritim, June 2, 2022Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya coalition party presidential candidate Raila Odinga has welcomed Kalonzo Musyoka back to the coalition.
Speaking in Nairobi on Thursday, Raila said the Azimio team was complete after Kalonzo and Gideon Moi rejoined it.
“The Azimio team is now complete and we are ready to face the Kenya Kwisha team. We will compete with them like never before,” he said.
Raila said the Azimio team will liberate Kenya.
“We have moved this journey with Kalonzo. Last time, we arrived at the Red Sea, but we did not cross to Canan. We will now reach there,” Raila said during a political rally in Mukuru Kwa Njenga.
Speaking at the SKM Command Centre in Karen, the former Vice President announced that he was shelving his presidential ambitions to support Azimio la Umoja- One Kenya presidential flagbearer Raila Odinga.
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“I have since concluded and came to the realization that the future of Kenya is indeed squarely on our shoulders. Thus, I have, with deep humility and appreciation, accepted the nomination to be the Chief Minister in the Azimio government,” he stated.
While expressing optimism, Kalonzo who lauded Azimio’s deputy choice, Martha Karua, assured Kenyans that he will submit himself to the coalition ahead of the August polls.
“Beginning today, I will submit myself to the Azimio One Kenya Alliance coalition. The question is not if we form the government but when we form the next government,” he alluded.
Kalonzo further announced that he was accepting the prime cabinet secretary’s position offered by Mr. Odinga.
“With humility, I hereby accept the nomination for the position of the chief minister when Azimio forms government. I would wish to congratulate Karua on her nomination as Azimio DP nominee,” he stated.
Kalonzo’s decision to work with Odinga comes about two weeks after his party severed ties with the Odinga-led coalition to contest for the presidency.
His decision at the time was fueled by Odinga’s choice of Martha Karua as his preferred running mate ahead of the August 9 election.