National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) leader Charity Ngilu at a past event. She has thrown her weight behind Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka in his designated Deputy President position in NASA. [Photo: capitalfm.co.ke]
Former Lands Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu has welcomed the naming of Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka as Deputy President in the National Super Alliance (NASA) lineup.Ngilu said the Kamba community will not switch allegiance because the former Vice President was not chosen the Opposition flag bearer. “We will offer unflinching support to Kalonzo who negotiated and settled for the Deputy President position,” she said.The NARC chairperson asked the community to rally behind NASA and vote as a block for the Opposition to dislodge President Uhuru Kenyatta from power in the forthcoming general elections. “We shall be in the next government which is a big win for the community. So, let us all support Kalonzo and vote for NASA to rise to power,” she added.A section of Kamba leaders led by National Assembly minority leader Francis Nyenze has faulted the NASA lineup announced last week, terming it a raw deal for the people of Kamba.“In my own opinion the Kamba nation got a raw deal and we do not want anybody to take Kamba's for a ride,” Nyenze said on Friday, last week. Nyenze insisted the coalition should have respected the MoU signed between ODM leader Raila Odinga and Kalonzo in 2013 before naming the former Prime Minister the flag bearer.