Deputy President William Ruto while addressing the media on Tuesday, May 10 at his Karen residence said, there is nothing to benchmark in the Raila Odinga-led, Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance.
“How can there be benchmarking between darkness and the light? There is nothing that we have in common with the people on the other side, the journey to the alliance of the willing already started when we had the first meeting with our colleagues,” he stated.
The deputy president’s statement was in response to remarks made on Monday, May 9 by Azimio’s Executive Director Raphael Tuju who claimed that parties that defected from their coalition wanted the Azimio document to use for negotiations with Kenya Kwanza alliance.
“Some of the people who said that they needed this document we know that they were negotiating with the other side and they needed it for purposes of benchmarking,” Tuju said.
The DP reported that, Maendeleo Chap Chap and Pamoja African Alliance had been in talks with Kenya Kwanza for a while before making the official announcement on Monday, May 10.
Moreover, the Kenya Kwanza alliance presidential flag bearer, officially welcomed the two parties to the coalition, adding that they operate differently from their opponents who use cohersion, deceit and operate in secrecy.
Additionally, DP Ruto said PAA and MCC had days to go through their agreement and even make improvements, something Azimio cannot do.
“So there is a world of difference between us and the other side. The other side uses force, here we use respect. The other side are deep in secrecy, and deceit. Here we are a open, transparent coalition of Democrats, the free and the willing,” Ruto said.
Mutua’s Maendeleo Chap Chap and Kingi’s Pamoja Africa Alliance parties officially joined Kenya Kwanza Alliance on Monday, May 9.
