Former Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale has raised alarm of a possible scheme by the nation’s top political families to back one of them for President in the approaching 2022 election.
Speaking on Milele FM's ‘Kivumbi’ on Wednesday, the former Kakamega gubernatorial hopeful claimed that there are chances that the families of former Presidents Jomo Kenyatta, Daniel Moi and Mwai Kibaki could endorse one of their own to contest for the seat.
This, he based on the March 9 truce between President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga and the following series of handshakes between the families, claiming that the plan also includes the Oginga dynasty.
He termed the same as an attempt to ensure a second round of the families’ dominance in the nation, vowing to support an unknown person, most likely Deputy President William Ruto, should his suspicions prove to be true.
‘’Kenya sio ya watu fulani. Niliposikia mipango ya kubadilisha katiba baada ya handshakes, nilijua ni mpango wa kutuletea mmoja wao (Kenya doesn’t belong to a particular group, their plan is most likely to impose one of their own on Kenyans),’’ said Khalwale.
‘’Wakileta mmoja wao kama Gideon na sisi tutaleta mtoto wa mtu asiyejulikana na aliye hapo karibu ni William Ruto (should they make such an attempt, we will retaliate by backing the less known Ruto),’’ he added.
Asked whether that means that he is in support of Ruto’s bid, however, he denied, terming his remarks as a simple demonstration of his opposition to a continued dominance by the four families.