It’s RAILA and UHURU - others are just joy riders

The Kenyan DAILY POSTPolitics02:21

Thursday July 19, 2012 - The National Alliance (TNA) party officials have asked other parties associated with Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta’s quest for presidency to join early instead of jostling, as the upcoming elections is a two horse race between Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

Speaking during a tour dubbed Uhuru Mashinani Campaign in Nyandarua, Party coordinator in charge of county campaigns, John Njuguna said Uhuru’s supporters should join the party now before it is too late.

“It is either you are in TNA or ODM. All other parties saying they support Uhuru should dissolve and join TNA since we want to elect TNA members from the presidency to the County representatives,” Njuguna said.

Njuguna said it is in public domain that elections would be a two horse race between Uhuru and Raila and, therefore other parties should desist from dividing votes.

The coordinator also noted that those who support Uhuru were not ready for a repeat of 2007 polls when PNU failed to garner majority parliamentary and civics seats.

“Why should we hide ourselves in the sand and watch as we lose the seats to small parties? We should consolidate all our votes and vote as a bloc,” he said.

Njuguna expressed optimism that Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta will defeat Prime Minister Raila Odinga in the upcoming general elections.

The Kenyan DAILY POST