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KANU Secretary General and Nairobi gubernatorial aspirant Tony Gachoka has predicted that President William Ruto will drop Deputy President Kithure Kindiki and instead name National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula as his running mate ahead of the 2027 General Election.
Gachoka made the claims during an interview with a local TV station, anchoring his analysis on the movements of Farouk Kibet, Ruto's long-serving personal aide.
According to Gachoka, Kibet has spent the past year operating almost exclusively in Western Kenya, consistently appearing at functions alongside Wetangula while noticeably absent from events linked to other allied leaders, including Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi.
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Gachoka argued that Ruto has effectively assigned his most trusted personal aide to consolidate the Western Kenya vote, a bloc he described as critical to the president's re-election chances given the shifting political allegiances of Mount Kenya, Kisii, and Ukambani communities.
Gachoka also made a pointed observation about the diminishing public profile of Kindiki, who was previously a central figure at presidential functions and regional political meetings.
Gachoka claimed Kindiki himself is aware of the political situation.
On the opposition's demands, Gachoka predicted that ODM would continue pushing for Wycliffe Oparanya as a preferred running mate, but that Ruto would ignore those calls and spring a surprise.
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His central argument was that naming Wetangula would serve a tactical purpose: splitting the Western Kenya vote and preventing the opposition from consolidating the region behind a single candidate, particularly if ODM's Edwin Sifuna emerges as a presidential contender.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
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