Former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka has now said that his votes were stolen in the 2007 general election despite finishing third.
While speaking on Tuesday 9, in Ithanga, Murang’a county during the burial service of the late Herbert Kariithi Macharia, the Wiper Patriotic Front party leader said that his votes were rigged in an election where he contested against the late Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga.
Kalonzo further stated that the ODM party and ODM Kenya party caused a lot of confusion among voters, as he used the latter party while Raila used the ODM party.
The former Vice President said that despite finishing a distant third in the 2007 general election, he actually had huge support across the country, especially in the Rift Valley region.
“In 2007, I ran for the President of the Republic of Kenya, and it’s true my votes were stolen, and then they said I was a distant third. We had confusion between ODM Kenya and ODM, so obviously people went looking for the party symbol without knowing the right one. And also, I was very strong in Rift Valley,” Kalonzo Musyoka said.
In addition, Kalonzo said that what happened after the 2007 elections, where he had to unite with Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga to form a government, won’t happen again, as he and Rigathi Gachagua have come together ahead of the next general election.
“Now we are wiser; the integration has already happened, so we don’t have to wait for another Kibaki–Kalonzo situation of uniting after the election. I, Kalonzo, and Rigathi have united early,” Kalonzo asserted.
If selected as the United Opposition’s flag bearer, it will be Kalonzo Musyoka’s first attempt to vie for the country’s top seat in 2027 since his unsuccessful bid in 2007.
The Wiper Patriotic Front party boss was the running mate for the late Prime Minister Raila Odinga in 2013 and 2017. In 2022, he supported Raila unconditionally without being picked as the running mate.
Kalonzo sees 2027 as a perfect opportunity to unseat President William Ruto as he banks on the support of Rigathi Gachagua, former CS Fred Matiang’i, and Eugene Wamalwa.
