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Hours later Wiper Patriotic Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka posted on social media that they had ‘expressed strong dissatisfaction with the procurement process of the KIEMS kit and stated clearly that we do not want Smartmatic a company associated with election irregularities in multiple countries anywhere near the systems for the 2027 General Election...
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But the President's hopes of a decisive re-election win – likely to be against Wiper Patriotic Party's Kalonzo Musyoka who has confirmed that he will stand and at least one other senior opposition leader – are predicated on doing a deal with Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement...
A poll by TIFA Research in December found that a mere 19% of ODM members want Ruto to be their candidate in 2027 and that 34% wanted the party to run its own candidate while 20% would back a member of the now-disbanded Azimio la Umoja alliance – led by Wiper Patriotic Movement leader Kalonzo Musyoka – that supported Raila in 2022...
For the moment the most viable candidates are Wiper Patriotic Front leader Kalonzo Musyoka and Fred Matiang'i leader of what remains of the former president Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee party (AC Vol 65 No 17 Kenyatta's favourite minister plans presidential bid)...
Several opposition leaders have been boosted – notably Matiang'i Wiper Patriotic Front's Kalonzo Musyoka and arguably Gachagua – though the results do not point to a united opposition...
Some like Odinga's former running mate Kalonzo Musyoka and Musalia Mudavadi later left to form their own parties when it became clear they could not break Odinga's grip on ODM...
The vacuum also leaves a golden opportunity for the Anyone But Ruto group of leaders – including former Deputy President Kalonzo Musyoka Ruto's former deputy Rigathi Gachagua (impeached last year) and former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i...
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That will bring together a group of former ministers and leaders among whom former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka are the most senior...
The conventional wisdom is that Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka who leads what remains of Raila Odinga's pre-2022 coalition will stand...
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua Matiang'i and People's Liberation Party leader Martha Karua have all pledged to unite behind whoever stands the best chance of defeating him (AC Vol 66 No 5 The anti-Ruto alliance)...