National Assembly Speaker Kenneth Marende has said he would run for the country’s presidency.
Mr Marende was put to task to join the race for the top seat during a public rally attended by MPs Cyrus Jirongo (Lugari), Eugene Wamalwa (Saboti) and Wilber Otichillo in Emuhaya constituency.
Mr Jirongo declared he would gun for presidency in the 2012 General Election.
"The Luhya community will not agree to settle for vice-presidency again," said the Kaddu chairman.
Mr Wamalwa said if Marende, Jirongo or Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi did not vie for presidency in 2012, he would go for it.
"Marende, Mudavadi and Jirongo have reached their peak in politics," Wamalwa told football fans during a friendly match between AFC Leopards and Emuhaya combined, at Emuhaya District, yesterday.
Marende said it was his desire to run for presidency.
"I have brought this small flag (Speaker’s post), am I not capable of bringing the bigger one (presidency)?" Marende asked.
He said that if MPs would support him, he would run for a second term as Speaker before joining the race for presidency. He acknowledged the support he received from legislators to reform the Tenth Parliament.
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I THINK THAT HE WILL MAKE A GOOD PRESIDENT.
ReplyDeletewith the current conditions holding, he is the only one capable of carrying the kenyan vision
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ReplyDelete2017? Why watch Kenya go to the ditch another five years? Obama was a first time Senator prevailed upon by the times to contest with the massive resources coming not from his own personal war chest but from the mass movement.
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