Kalonzo Musyoka has changed tune and will now vie for the Speaker of the Senate. This comes barely hours after he withdrew from both the Speaker of the National Assembly and Senate Speaker positions.
Kalonzo first sent the application to become the Speaker of the National Assembly. He went to parliament and picked the necessary papers.
Hours later, he also picked application papers for the position of Speaker of The Senate.
Reports had earlier said that Kalonzo had dropped out to avoid what his party deems as inevitable humiliation during voting in parliament.
Apparently, the Wiper party National Executive Council convened at the party’s headquarters and convinced their party leader to drop his bid and focus on building his brand.
Kalonzo drops out of Parliament, Senate Speaker races after sending applications
The majority of the party’s MPs stated that the Azimio la Umoja coalition does not have enough numbers to push Kalonzo’s candidature through.
Kalonzo had been fronted for the Senate Speaker position by the Azimio la Umoja coalition. The coalition has also fronted former Speaker Kenneth Marende for the position of National Assembly Speaker.
The two will face off with Moses Wetangula and Amason Kingi who are being fronted by the Kenya Kwanza coalition.
Voting for the two positions are expected to take place on Thursday September 8, 2022.
