Kalonzo: I am in G7 and will not work with Raila
Kalonzo: I am in G7 and will not work with Raila
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Updated 8 hrs 38 mins ago
By Ally Jamah
Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka has urged G7 leaders to respect his seniority and support him during next year’s General Election.
Speaking on Thursday at the Standard Group Centre in Nairobi, Kalonzo said although he would accept anyone who is picked as the G7 candidate, it would be unjust if his seniority is ignored.
“I am willing to back anyone who will be selected through G7 but please also note there must be justice. We must value a bit of seniority unless that person is an outright disaster,” he said.
no dirty tricks
Kalonzo insisted there were enough jobs for all G7 members even those who will lose the contest for the presidency.
“As far as I am concerned, there will be no dirty tricks in G7. I am fed up with politics in which you cannot trust anyone. You agree on one thing today and tomorrow they are cutting corners. I am not into that kind of game,” he said.
He dismissed claims that he is disgruntled with G7 since he no longer attends their rallies, saying G7 members had taken a “tactical retreat” to strengthen their individual parties first.
He termed his recent meeting with Justice Minister Eugene Wamalwa, also a G7member, as a “normal lunch between friends”.
strange claims
There had been claims that he and Eugene were disgruntled with G7 and were meeting to plot a way of working together.
“No one is disgruntled in the G7 Alliance. Those claims are very strange to me. It is also not fair to say Wamalwa is disgruntled. We meet with all the G7 members without cameras and we plan to meet more in the future,” he said.
He added that he plans to have similar get-togethers with Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Eldoret North MP William Ruto and other G7 members.
He rejected any possibility of working with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, saying his political plans are firmly rooted in G7 or his party.
like-minded
“There is nothing in writing called G7. We all are people who are like-minded. We are not joined by dislike of anyone. We have progressive ideas of how to transform Kenya for the better,” he said.
He urged politicians to be careful about their public utterances to avoid raising tensions.
Kalonzo downplayed the day’s event where Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi read a speech on behalf of President Kibaki, saying he was not being sidelined.
“The President had been invited to two functions on Thursday and he chose to send me to one and Mudavadi to another. The President can delegate work to anyone,” he said.
At a separate event, Kalonzo called for the upgrading of Kenya Medical Training College to enable it offer degree courses in physiotherapy.
He decried shortage of physiotherapists, as the treatment was key in the care of non-communicable diseases including cancer and diabetes.
“There are only 500 physiotherapists in Kenya while South Africa is reported to have recorded fewer than 5,000. Kenya Medical Training College should be able to offer first degree courses in physiotherapy if we have to obtain the desired numbers,” said Kalonzo, who represented President Kibaki at the official opening of the 9th Bienial Conference for Physical Therapy Africa Congress in Nairobi.
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