Muranga women rep Sabina Chege has revealed details of the Azimio campaign strategy held at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC).
Speaking to her social media pages minutes after the meeting, said their agenda was to deliberate on various strategies to win the August 9 general elections.
“Our presidential candidate Raila Odinga chairs Azimio One Kenya Coalition Party council meeting at KICC; to deliberate on various strategies to win the August 9 elections as campaigns enter homestretch”. Hon. Sabina Chege wrote.
Mr Odinga chaired the council’s second meeting in the absence of President Uhuru Kenyatta , who is away in Kigali, Rwanda for the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting.
In a notice to the coalition’s council members on Thursday, Mr Kenyatta said the meeting will review the party’s campaign strategy with an aim of ensuring its presidential candidate, Mr Odinga, wins the August 9 polls.
The coalition is also pushing to have ‘weak candidates’ drop out of the race in areas it has fielded multiple contenders.
The strategy is aimed at handing the coalition a super majority in the National Assembly, Senate, Council of Governors and the 47 county assemblies.
The council is set to discuss a report by a technical team recommending that some candidates be dropped out of the race to avoid handing their opponents in Kenya Kwanza a win by splitting votes.
Azimio Secretary-General Junet Mohammed told a local daily when he arrived for the meeting that they cannot risk losing seats by having multiple candidates who will end up splitting their votes.
“There is a report that the meeting will adopt. We don’t want a situation where we win the presidency but make mistakes in other seats,” said Mr Mohammed.
Notice to the council members signed by President Kenyatta on Thursday said, “Take notice that a meeting of the Coalition Council, to be chaired by the Party Leader (Mr Odinga), will be held on the 24 June, 2022, at KICC starting at 10.00am.”
Other members of the Azimio council are Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, Kanu chairman Gideon Moi, Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho, Murang’a Woman Representative Sabina Chege, Taveta MP Naomi Shaban, Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua, Narc leader and Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu, Kanduyi MP and also Democratic Action Party of Kenya (DAP-K) leader Wafula Wamunyinyi, Abdi Noor Omar Farah and Suna East MP Junet Mohamed.
