{"id":914008,"date":"2022-01-06T16:10:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/06\/big-boost-as-muturi-joins-oka-ahead-of-poll\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T16:10:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:10:28","slug":"big-boost-as-muturi-joins-oka-ahead-of-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/06\/big-boost-as-muturi-joins-oka-ahead-of-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Big boost as Muturi joins OKA ahead of poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"art-img row mx-md-0\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/udksd1t1hmdspa61d7113e93b03.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid w-100\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"bg-light mb-3 p-3 row mx-md-0\">\n<p><strong>National Assembly Speaker\u00a0Justin\u00a0Muturi who has pledged to work with OKA.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"card-text\">The One Kenya Alliance (OKA) received a major boost yesterday after National Assembly Speaker\u00a0Justin\u00a0Muturi pledged to work with the alliance and form a third force ahead of the August 9 General Election.\n<\/p>\n<p>Muturi, who is allied to the Democratic Party of Kenya (DP) made the declaration after\u00a0OKA\u00a0principals Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper), Musalia Mudavadi (ANC), Moses Wetang&#8217;ula (Ford-Kenya) and United Democratic Party&#8217;s (UDP) Cyrus Jirongo paid him a courtesy call at his Nairobi home, yesterday. <\/p>\n<p>The Speaker said there is need for the country to remain peaceful during and after the elections hence his decision to join\u00a0OKA.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoing forward, we will be working together for the benefit of this country. We need to maintain peace knowing that there is a tomorrow,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Muturi, who has declared interest in the presidency, was hospitalised in December last year following a minor accident in his office.\n<\/p>\n<p>He underwent a minor surgery on his right shoulder where he sustained a fracture.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker plans to hit the ground running once he completes therapy and doctors declare him fit. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust a few days and I will be back on the ground and talk to my people,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n<p>Muturi promised to reveal major plans for DP soon as the succession race for President Uhuru Kenyatta intensifies.\n<\/p>\n<p>Welcoming the decision by Muturi to join\u00a0OKA, Mudavadi said, \u201cMore to join, big coalition loading, one Kenya loading.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Already,\u00a0OKA\u00a0has a working agreement with the Mt Kenya Unity Forum which is led by Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua.\n<\/p>\n<p>OKA\u00a0will face off with Raila Odinga\u2019s Azimio la Umoja and Deputy President William Ruto\u2019s United Democratic Alliance (UDA). <\/p>\n<p>The alliance principals have denied holding coalition talks with Raila or Ruto, maintaining that they are united and focused on their political mission of ensuring the country gets just and inclusive leadership.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to assure our supporters that\u00a0OKA\u00a0is intact. The alliance continues to grow and attract key political stakeholders,\u201d the principals said in a joint statement.\n<\/p>\n<p>Mudavadi and Wetang&#8217;ula have declared that they have not held talks with the DP to form a coalition.\n<\/p>\n<p>While Kalonzo said he has not been in touch with Raila on matters August polls.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot flirt with somebody with whom you have no communication with,\u201d he said during a press conference on Wednesday.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mx-auto col-12 row justify-content-between\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-12 row  p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-9 text-left\">\n<h5 class=\"politic-cat\">\n<b>Monitor water pumps remotely via your phone <\/b><br \/>\n<\/h5>\n<p>Tracking and monitoring motor vehicles is not new to Kenyans. Competition to install affordable tracking devices is fierce but essential for fleet managers who receive reports online and track vehicles from the comfort of their desk.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/politics\/article\/2001433654\/big-boost-as-muturi-joins-oka-ahead-of-poll\">Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <a \"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Assembly Speaker\u00a0Justin\u00a0Muturi who has pledged to work with OKA. The One Kenya Alliance (OKA) received a major boost yesterday after National Assembly Speaker\u00a0Justin\u00a0Muturi pledged to work with the alliance and form a third force ahead of the August 9 General Election. Muturi, who is allied to the Democratic Party of Kenya (DP) made the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-914008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}