Lugari Member of Parliament Ayub Savula has ruled out chances of Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi, teaming up with Deputy President William Ruto for the 2022 general elections.
Mudavadi has severally been urged to join hands with the DP, and form a coalition ahead of the 2022 polls.
However, Savula, a close ally of Mudavadi has said that the request cannot be granted, insisting that Mudavadi is going for the top seat, and would not work with Ruto, since the DP cannot for the third time be a running mate.
"We have no room for the DP. The ways things stand now, the DP cannot work with Musalia because the Constitution bars Ruto for running as DP again. He can only be number one. And we don’t want Musalia to be number two to anybody,” he told ThMe Star on Friday.
However, ANC Secretary General Barrack Muluka did not rule out the alliance, saying the party is yet to decide on who it will work with in 2022.
He said Mudavadi has brought himself out as a man who can reconsider his stand, adding that anything can happen before the 2022 polls as has been the case previously.
“We still don’t know who we will work with in 2022. Mudavadi left Raila in 2013, in 2017, he looked for him and he agreed that they would work together. On whether we will work with DP Ruto, sincerely speaking, we don’t know who we will work with in 2022,” he said.