Former Cabinet minister Noah Wekesa now says ODM leader Raila Odinga is the best candidate for the Cord coalition.
Speaking in an interview on the Cross Talk on KBC TV, Wekesa said the other candidates eyeing the Cord presidential ticket are after building a name for the 2022 elections.
"The best candidate who can give us a run for our money is Raila," he said.
"These others are just hoping to build their names for 2022," the former Kwanza MP added.
Wekesa also said during the interview that people should stop focusing on the 2022 polls and that the entry of Peter Kenneth into the Jubilee metrics did not affect the equation in the party.
"Why are you giving too much importance to Peter Kenneth when we have a ray of leaders for 2022?" Wekesa asked.
"One of the leaders is Ruto (DP). He can not stand down for Uhuru in 2013 and 2017 and then we just say he is useless we now want Peter, " he added.