A group of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leaders on Sunday declared that National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga would not hand over the mantle to his co-principals to contest the presidency in 2022.
Led by ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna (pictured) they said Raila would not support Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka, Ford-Kenya leader and Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang'ula or Amani National Congress (ANC) party's Musalia Mudavadi if they vied for the presidency.
They said they would not allow "cowards" to be fronted by the Opposition alliance in the next General Election.
Although a memorandum of understanding signed by the four NASA principals and deposited with the Registrar of Political Parties before the August 2017 elections stipulated that ODM would not field a candidate come 2022, the party's new secretary general has rejected the agreement.
Speaking at a church service in Mathare, Nairobi, Mr Sifuna said they could not support "cowards", in reference to Raila's controversial January 30 'swearing-in' as the 'people's president' that led to the arrest of some Opposition leaders.
"If you were not at Uhuru Park, do not come to us for consideration of any manner. You are simply a coward," said Sifuna.
He said they were ready to fight anyone with a different opinion: "We are not afraid of anyone."
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