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Kalonzo tells off Muthama on Ruto pact, says he is ready for 2022 poll

Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, former Machakos Senator Johnson Muthama and other politicians in Muthetheni, Mwala Sub-county, on August 21, 2020 during the burial of Samuel Mutuku Mulu, first born son of the late politician Joseph Mulu Mutisya.

Photo credit: Lillian Mutavi | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Politicians allied to DP Ruto said the Wiper leader, a former vice-president, has done nothing to ensure they are appointed to government offices.
  • Mr Muthama, who is Machakos County’s former senator, said those threatening politicians supporting DP Ruto will be chased away from Ukambani and forced to accept democracy as their votes are not enough to make someone president.
  • In response to the criticism, Mr Musyoka, who has also been criticised for not taking a firm stand on political matters, said he now has “his own mind” as a senior counsel and that he drew lessons from his 2007 attempt at the presidency.

Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka says he is ready to fight for the presidency against Deputy President William Ruto come the 2022 General Election, and that he does not need politicians such as Johnson Muthama to do it.

Mr Musyoka said so on Friday after Ukambani legislators engaged in a war of words over the vote and other national issues at a function in Machakos Sub-county.