Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has denied any relations with Deputy President William Ruto’s UDA party.
Kalonzo said he is a principled man and does not need UDA or anyone else to lobby for him to be ODM leader Raila Odinga’s running mate.
Speaking in Mlolongo on a trip to Mombasa, Kalonzo said he was focused on ensuring Ruto and his team are sent home in the August 9 poll.
“People are trying to stop us because they know if I join hands with Raila they will be sent home. Our agenda is to save this country from corruption,” he said on Thursday.
Kalonzo said he had not disrespected the panellists picked to identify Raila’s deputy by not appearing for the interviews as planned.
He said there was nothing that can stop him, Raila and Uhuru from resolving the running mate impasse as brothers.
“I respect the panellists and the council, which I am part of, that is why we agreed to form this coalition but I insisted I will not be subjected to an interview,” Kalonzo said.
“They should not see me as rebellious or a man of temperament. They ought to understand and know that a political process is a political process.”
Kalonzo was accompanied Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo JNR, Makali Mulu, Julius Mawathe, Robert Mbui, Wavinya Ndeti, Philip Kaloki and Mike Sonko among others.
Conspicuously missing , however, was Kanu chairman Gideon Moi who was expected to put in an appearance after his extended silence in the coalition’s campaigns.
