Kalonzo Not NASA's Automatic Presidential Flag Bearer in 2022, Mudavadi's ANC Party Says

Musalia Mudavadi's Amani National Congress (ANC) party has dismissed claims that Kalonzo Musyoka is the automatic National Super Alliance's presidential candidate in the 2022 elections.

ANC said that a pre-election pact between Nasa affiliate parties never agreed the Wiper leader would be the coalition's automatic flag bearer in the next polls, clarifying that, the only agreement that exists is for ODM not to front any presidential candidate in 2022.

Nominated MP Godfrey Osotsi, who was ANC's Secretary General during the signing of NASA agreement said Wiper, ANC and Ford Kenya will tussle out for a torch bearer.

“We have an agreement on how 2022 presidency will be handled. We do not have any MoU to hand over power to Musyoka automatically. The agreement states that the party which produced presidential candidate in 2017 will not be allowed to have its candidate in 2022,” said Osotsi.

Kakamega senator Cleophas Malala said the party is now laying grounds to have Mudavadi as the coalition's flag bearer, and warned leaders who have been claiming that ANC was planning to walk out of Nasa.

“We are preparing ourselves to have Mudavadi as the flag bearer in 2022. We warn ANC cartels that we will shame them and their plans," said Malala.

“We have cartels in ANC who are causing losses to our party. They have made the party to look disorganized and want to auction it to Jubilee. We know their schemes and links to Jubilee. We will reveal them and their plans in the next two weeks,” Malala added.

“Our focus is to have Mudavadi as our candidate in 2022. We do not want boardroom appointments that will kill our party,” he said.

Lurambi MP Titus Khamala urged ODM leader Raila Odinga to declare his support for Mudavadi and warned him against running again.

“The community has supported Raila for long. In 2022 we are asking him this early to prepare to support Mudavadi. If he will insist on contesting then he should be ready to lose our support,” said Khamala.

“The community will rally behind one candidate. We have agreement to have all leaders from this region to unite and support Mudavadi in 2022.”