{"id":919055,"date":"2022-01-24T06:24:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T06:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/24\/isaac-mwaura-dp-position-is-reserved-for-mount-kenya\/"},"modified":"2022-01-24T06:24:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T06:24:17","slug":"isaac-mwaura-dp-position-is-reserved-for-mount-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/24\/isaac-mwaura-dp-position-is-reserved-for-mount-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Isaac Mwaura: DP position is reserved for Mount Kenya"},"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\/kbkhv7tolifkvsxwf961ee438b62f31.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>Nominated senator Isaac Mwaura during an interview on ktn news on January 24, 2022.<\/strong> [Screen Grab: Ktn News.}\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"card-text\">Nominated Senator Isaac Mwaura has dismissed unfounded reports that ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi will be the Deputy President in the new-founded ANC-UDA political marriage.\n<\/p>\n<p>This comes hours after Mudavadi and William Ruto\u2019s party joined forces at the ANC Delegates Conference, promising to heal the ailing economy ahead of the 2022 General Election.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>In an interview on <em>ktn news<\/em> morning show, Mwaura disclosed that the Deputy president position in their camp was preserved for a politician (he did not name) from the Mount Kenya region.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we (ANC and UDA) decide to work together ahead of the elections, then there can only be one president. I want to assure the people of Mount Kenya that the Deputy President must come from our region. More details will be given,\u201d Mwaura said.<\/p>\n<p>Then added \u201cI know our competitors might try to spin it by saying that Mudavadi will play the second fiddle. This alliance is going to be a game-changer and the Mount Kenya region should know their stakes are high in this new arrangement,\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the ANC leader had been mandated by his party to get into pre and post-election pacts that favour the party\u2019s interests.\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"35K_6c1jc6k\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[FULL SPEECH] Musalia Mudavadi hits out at Uhuru, Raila and Atwoli during ANC NDC held at Bomas\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/35K_6c1jc6k?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Mwaura also hinted that there were some politicians from the Central region whom the party was considering for the country\u2019s second in command job.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a reason as to why Alice Wahome, Ann Waiguru and Rigathi Gachagua were given the chance to speak at Bomas in that order,\u201d Mwaura reiterated.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Ruiru MP hopeful said the two political outfits would begin their joint campaigns in Nakuru on Wednesday, then head to the Western on Friday before ending the week in Central on Saturday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur alliance is focused on macro-economic; we both share economic ideas. We have plans to hold at least ten rallies across the country,\u201d he told <em>ktn news<\/em>.\n<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, DP Ruto and his allies in the UDA party made their way to ANC\u2019s delegates conference, which most interpret as the formation of a political alliance between the two parties. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ANC party has come to a decision that let nobody choose friends for us and if you have a problem with anybody don\u2019t assume we have a problem with them,\u201d\u00a0Musalia tweeted before making his way to the event.\n<\/p>\n<p>While responding to some allegations made by Musalia in his speech on Sunday, COTU secretary-general Francis Atwoli said that joining Ruto was not a guarantee Musalia will become president.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd who told him he&#8217;s going to be President? Befriending Ruto is not the key to Presidency,\u201d the COTU boss tweeted.\n<\/p>\n<p>Atwoli who has been very vocal rallying the Western region to support Raila Odinga\u2019s &#8216;Azimio la Umoja&#8217;, promised to give a full response later today.\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"8EG-HLhUHGo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Raila Odinga tours Nakuru county in the company of host governor Lee Kinyanjui\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8EG-HLhUHGo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\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\/2001435361\/isaac-mwaura-dp-position-is-reserved-for-mount-kenya\">Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <a \"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nominated senator Isaac Mwaura during an interview on ktn news on January 24, 2022. [Screen Grab: Ktn News.} Nominated Senator Isaac Mwaura has dismissed unfounded reports that ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi will be the Deputy President in the new-founded ANC-UDA political marriage. This comes hours after Mudavadi and William Ruto\u2019s party joined forces at 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-919055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919055","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=919055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}