Politicians from the Wiper Democratic Movement, an affiliate party of the opposition coalition Azimio la Umoja are continuing to press Raila Odinga to back his erstwhile ally. Leading the path is Makueni governor Mutula Kilonzo Junior.
The Wiper party argue that Kalonzo Musyoka shelved his presidential ambitions to support Raila, having been his deputy in 2013 and 2017.
“The time for Raila to declare Kalonzo [as the presidential candidate] is now. There is no argument about it,” Kilonzo Junior said at a gathering on Saturday where Raila was in attendance.
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