Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has been backed by Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula on the criterion to pick Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) flag bearer.
Speaking to the Standard, Wetangula said that consensus is the best way the coalition can use to decide the flag bearer since it will cause less trouble among the members of the coalition as they look forward to unseating President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto in the next general polls.
According to Wetangula and Kalonzo, the competition nominations are likely to cause a rift among the coalition members, which is not healthy.
“The route that will cause little trouble is consensus. A consensus where we sit as partners and agree on an arrangement and then prevail upon our supporters and our colleagues to support and follow,“ he said as quoted by the Standard.
Wetangula, however, said that they cannot rule our other ways to picking the presidential candidate if consensus will not work.
“If that will not be available, the next most logical agreement will be to find an alternative mechanism. If we don’t go through a consensus, we will have a contest as long as the contest is free, fair, open, transparent and democratic.
I have no doubt that we will all be committed to the cause,” he added.