Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi is expected to announce the party on whose ticket he will seek to contest the presidency this week. Photo/FILE
By ERIC SHIMOLI eshimoli@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Sunday, April 29 2012 at 22:30
Posted Sunday, April 29 2012 at 22:30
IN SUMMARY
- Presidential aspirant who has quit ODM says he will make decision on his plum Cabinet post later
Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi is expected to announce the party on whose ticket he will seek to contest the presidency this week.
Mr Mudavadi said the party will have a national outlook with leaders representing different parts of the country.
In an exclusive interview with the Nation in Nairobi last week, Mr Mudavadi also hinted that he would consider his position as Minister for Local Government, if it came to that, but that this would come later.
He was responding to calls by some ODM leaders that he quits his Cabinet post after announcing that he had ditched the party.
But it was not immediately clear whether he would follow Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta in retaining the post.
The DPM added that his parting with ODM was irreversible and that he had withstood many insults by some party members.
He claimed there had been a plot to meddle with the list of delegates to favour one candidate before he left the party.
Mr Mudavadi also raised doubts in ODM’s claims of promoting internal democracy, saying decisions in the party were made by a small clique.
“What you see outside is not what happens inside,” he said.
Mr Mudavadi said he had not yet held talks with Mr Kenyatta and Eldoret North MP William Ruto, both political rivals of Prime Minister Raila Odinga and who are facing charges before the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.
But he said he would talk to everybody because that would be proper for anyone seeking the presidency.
He declined to mention possible running mates, saying only it was too early to commit on that.
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